well, the high school football regular season is finished, and so is my story about justin tate, a senior at elkins high school, who has down's syndrome.
my focus on the story was not so much about his disability, but about his impact on the team and the town, as well as the fact that it was his senior season, and he had devoted 12 years of his life to this team as a ball boy, jv player, and finally, a senior captain. he was a great kid to work with, and although the team didn't make the play-offs (a lot of injuries...just about everyone had to ironman) they did finish the season with a win, so justin got to go out with a smile.
d
ps - to see my multimedia presentation about justin go to:
http://showtime.arkansasonline.com/e/media/mm/justin/
4 comments:
Dude, you got screwed on this one.
Nice work, I missed it in the paper, but I 'm glad I caught it here.
Great story Dan. Good Stuff.
Dan,
that was absolutely wonderful. Great work.
Mark
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