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Like going to school in South Central L.A. isn't challenging enough... Try doing it while physically challenged. Then try graduating, completing a season on CBS' "The Amazing Race," and topping it off by becoming the only person in History to complete the Ironman Triathlon World Championships... as an amputee.
Getting an education from an institution with a dubious scholastic reputation (and where a Football player took a stray bullet through the arm on the practice field) should be handicap enough, but to overcome what Sarah Reinertsen has overcome, you really have to have something special.
Sarah was a participant at sc's "Swim with Mike" Charity Event on Saturday, and was a former recipient of that Charity. All the photos that we've posted this week, and all the jokes, all serve a good cause: They all publicize a worthy cause for people like Sarah, who aren't deterred by obstacles that would permanently devastate many others. T-H faced a surgery that was EXPECTED to end in amputation. The night before that operation was pretty emotional, and if the final outcome had been different, T-H would NOT have been inspirational afterwards; Rather, the adjectives "bitter" and "miserable" would have been more appropriate. All the more reason we RESPECT Sarah and all that she has accomplished. And if you have been following along, it's not easy for anyone affiliated with troy to get ANY positive comments here.
The point is that the VT Massacre transcends the Rivalry, for a little while, and the survivors need someone to look up to, and Sarah is definitely someone that has dealt pretty well with less-than-optimum circumstances.
Below are a couple more photos of a girl at "Swim with Mike" that we believe to be Sarah. If it's not her, we apologize, but if it's a mistake, it's a fairly understandable one.
After those two, there's another 8 of the sc girls, who are slightly less disadvantaged (than the rest of us). Finally, it should be remembered that the only ones profiting from our sharing of these photos are the readers (we don't have ads or charge any fees), and the "Swim with Mike" Charity, which probably doesn't mind the free, extra publicity.
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