by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2020 | Beating the Odds, Determination Despite the Odds, Hanging on to Hope
Monday, January 19, 2015 – St. Joseph Hospital, Lake St. Louis, Missouri: John Smith had been dead for more than 30 minutes when he arrived at the emergency room. The paramedics had done all they could do. Dr. Kent Stutterer and his emergency team worked on the...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 14, 2019 | Adversity, Beating the Odds, Courage Under Fire
December 1984 – Los Gatos, California: Coach’s death seemed imminent. His 95- pound frame clung to life support in his bedroom. Ramona, one of his nurses, felt impressed to lay hands on him and pray. As she did, Coach felt a jolt of power flow through him. A wilted...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Feb 4, 2019 | Beating the Odds, Chasing Your Dream, Determination Despite the Odds
October 5, 1957 – Coalwood, West Virginia: Homer Hickam read about the Russians launching Sputnik, the first satellite into orbit, in the Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph. For the next several nights, the 14-year-old stood in the yard with his mother to...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 14, 2019 | Beating the Odds, Courage Under Fire, Iron-willed
March 23, 2002 – Innova Fairfax Hospital – Falls Church, Virginia: After reading the MRI, the doctor turned to former Army Four-Star General Hugh Shelton and grimly commented, “General, I am going to put it to you straight. You are never going to walk again. You may...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2018 | Beating the Odds, Overcoming Adversity
February 9, 1917, Sun Flower School – Elkhart, Kansas: Glenn Cunningham, age seven, and his 13-year-old brother, Floyd, walked the two miles to the one-room school. Floyd prepared to light a fire in the large pot-bellied stove, as he did most winter mornings,...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2018 | Adversity, Beating the Odds, Rising Above Circumstances
September 4, 1993 – Yankee Stadium – Bronx, New York City: He stood on the mound in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium. For a long moment he studied the scoreboard in center field and thought back on his life – just six outs away from pitching a no-hitter – a dream...
