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I have been spending way too much time on youtube lately, but a related story was sent to my by my dad, and being the kind of person I am, I had to learn more. I found this touching video and had to fight back the tears as I watched it. It doesn't really explain the situation any, but the music choice and the imagines are heart warming.

The story is that of a man and his son who compete in races and triathlons together. The son, Rick, however, was born with the umbilical chord wrapped around his neck, causing no air to get to his brain and causing irreversible brain damage, and lack of control of limbs and motor skills. But Rick was very smart, and his parents could tell that. They figured out a way to let him communicate, using a computer. The racing started with a fund raiser 5 mile run for a disables teenager at Rick's high school. He told his father that he wanted to do that, and it grew from there. "When I run, Dad, it feels like I'm not disabled anymore," he told his father, which melted Dick's heart.

It's truly touching, how devoted this man is to his son. It's amazing that people are still good in a world that is so screwed up sometimes.