The story of this father

For those who do not know, Ironman (Eng. "Iron Man") - the hardest triathlon in the world. The route is divided into three parts: first you need to run about 42 km along the coast, then 3, 86 km swim across the ocean, and finally, 180, 2 kilometers on the bike. Father and son, and finished the race together.
Later, in a television interview with his father, Dick Hoyt, he said that when Rick was still in the womb, the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, cutting off the oxygen supply to the brain. When Rick was born, the doctor who took care of him, said Dick and his wife that their son will never be able to walk or speak and it would be better if they left him. But my father could not do, but instead brought home on hands and has since treated him like any normal child. Then one day the boy saw on the TV marathon for the first time and asked his father to take part in the same ...
Dick, too, benefited from all this. Several years ago, he had a small heart attack that occurred during the run. Doctors have learned that one of his arteries was 95% clogged. "If you were not in great shape," one doctor told him, "You would have died 15 years ago." It turns out that in a certain respect, Dick and Rick saved each other.
Over the past 15 years they have been 212 triathlons and 4 times 15 tichasovoy Ironman ... In an interview with Dick called a hero, he just said: "I just love my family.ยป
This is an example of boundless parental love, willpower and perseverance.
This is a story about a father and son, which together can reach any peaks!





















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