Megin Hatch, the head honcho at GNMP, wrote of an astonishing sports story, something I felt I had to share with you folks. It's an amazing example of humanity transcending competition, a grand lesson for all of us.
After you click on the above linked essay by Megin, here's a video news story about the event, reported by ESPN, complete with actual footage of the game in question. It made me weep.
The Gift
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[Christmas, 1965 or thereabout]
The boy was very young; perhaps 7 or 8 years old. He loved everything about
Christmas - the lights, the music, Santa ...
10 months ago
5 Comments:
so it wasn't just me wiping my eyes...
Mmm... I just added the video to the post, thanks. As I told my kids the story, Aidan nodded solemnly saying, "Yeah, that was the right thing for them to do."
(although I object to the whole cheese reference.)
Thanks for sharing-
I would like to think I would do the same given similar circumstances. Great story. Great sportsmen (or sportswomen, as the case may be.)
wow! i had heard the story but to watch the video - WOW!!!! how nice if this could transcend to our greater world - winning truly is not everything, thanks for sharing stu and megin.
Great story .... am still crying.
Wonder what would have happen if it were mens teams playing?
---allen
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