During birth, Rick suffered serious physical complications after being strangled by the umbilical cord. As a result of the complications, Rick lost nearly all-physical control of his body and was confined to a wheel chair unable to move and speak. The doctors informed Dick that there wasn’t much hope for his son. Thankfully, Rick’s mental capacities were not affected by the complications.
As he grew up, Rick developed a way of communicating by tapping his head against a sensor to spell out words-a slow and arduous process. As Rick progressed into young adulthood, things began to shift. Dad noticed that Rick began to express a heightened sense of emotion when he engaged his son in physical activity. Whether is was taping a hockey stick to his wheelchair and wheeling him around in the neighborhood in an attempt to emulate the Gallery Gods of the Boston Bruins or carrying his son in his arms on nature hikes, Rick’s emotions had visibly shifted.
Then one day, a family friend, who happened to be a marathon runner, convinced Dick Hoyt to push his son in his wheelchair for the length of a local marathon. In the span of five short years, Dick and Rick Hoyt went from running local marathons to competing in the most grueling iron man triathlons in the world. Dick and Rick completed each stage of the triathlon as dad invented ways to compete with his son. Dick Hoyt was in his late 50s at the time. While racing with his son in tow they managed to finish only 30 minutes behind the winner!
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