Tuesday, October 23, 2007

PLN 13

Today i read Scott, Double Amputee. This was a very inspiring post for me personally. This post was about a man named Scott Rigsby. He has prosthetic legs and he still found the strength and courage to complete an iron man. This was simply incredible, this man trained and completed an iron man in 16.42 minutes when the maximum time to complete it was 17 minutes. The most amazing thing was that he didn't do it for himself, he did it to change the world.

a wounded veteran approached Rigsby after a practice swim and told him, "You have got to finish this race because you can change the world...


Scott Rigsby had done an iron man once before and failed. This shows how much determination this man has. He did not just give up and move on to somethings new, he got right back up and pushed himself to prepare and finish this race. If only all of us could have that kind of determination. Having prosthetics legs didn't hold Scott back, somebody with that kind of injury would usually make us think that he could not doing something as astonishing as this, but he proved everyone wrong.

The world should and probably will look up to Scott Rigsby. He shows us that we can do so much more than we think we can. With determination and strength we can do anything we set out to do. We can change the world, just as Scott has done. Even the littlest things make a difference. Their are so many people with disabilities that think they cannot do what they want to, but hearing about what this man has done is exactly the kind of inspiration they need to chase there dreams.

2 comments:

samh said...

Alena, you did a great job! You had a clear voice and you seemed very composed. I also like how you told us your opinion of each of you posts. Good Job!

joeyw said...

Alena I thought you did great with eye contact and really got into and knew what you were talking about.