ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke ola i kona makuakāne i ʻelua makahiki. Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia, ʻaʻole like ke ola a me ka haʻuki.
Ua make ʻo Rick Hoyt, he kanaka pāʻani quadriplegic me ka lolo maʻi lolo, i ka Pōʻakahi nei ma ke 61 o kona mau makahiki ma muli o nā pilikia o kona ʻōpū hanu. Ma Malaki 2021, ua make ʻo Pāpā Dick, e komo pū ana me ia i nā heihei ʻoi aku ma mua o 1.000, me nā hanana 'Ironman' a ʻoi aku i hoʻokahi paʻi o ka Boston Marathon. Ua hana pū lāua i ka 'Team Hoyt', ka hōʻailona o ka heihei kaulana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. He kāne i ʻike pehea e loaʻa ai ka mahalo a me ka ʻike ʻia o kā lāua haʻuki no ko lāua hoʻomanawanui a hanohano.
"E like me ka nui o ka poʻe i ʻike, ʻo Rick a me kona makuakāne, ʻo Dick, he mau kiʻi o ka heihei alanui a me nā triathlons no nā makahiki he kanahā, a ua hoʻoikaika i nā miliona o nā poʻe kīnā e manaʻoʻiʻo iā lākou iho," i wehewehe ai ka ʻōlelo a Hoyt Foundation.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Rick i ka makahiki 1962 me ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi no ka mea ua paʻa ke kaula o ka ʻōpū ma kona ʻāʻī a ʻoki i ke kahe o ka oxygen i ka lolo. ʻAʻohe manaʻolana iā ia, akā me kāna wahine ʻo Judy, i make pū kekahi, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Dick e hāʻawi i kāna keiki i ka hoʻonaʻauao maʻamau. Ua hana pū kēia kanaka koa i hoʻomaha me ia a hoʻonaʻauao iā ia ma ka home a hiki i kona komo ʻana i ke kula aupuni ma 1975, i ka makahiki 13. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Boston a ua puka i ke kula hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā. “He paionia nō ʻo Rick i ka hoʻonaʻauao. "Ua hoʻololi kona makuahine i nā kānāwai e hiki ai ke aʻo ʻia kāna keiki me ka poʻe kino."
I kona wā ʻōpio, ma o ka lolouila pāʻani ma o ke kaila kamaʻilio, ua noi ʻo Rick iā ia e ʻike pehea e komo ai i kahi heihei e pōmaikaʻi ai 5 tausani. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Dick i kēlā heihei mua me ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka noho huila o kāna keiki, ʻo ia ka mea i ka hopena i haʻi iā ia i kahi huaʻōlelo e hoʻololi i ko lāua ola ʻelua: "E Pāpā, i koʻu holo ʻana, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole oʻu kino."
Mai ia lā mai, ua komo ʻo ia i nā ʻano hoʻokūkū haʻuki like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi nā duathlons a me nā triathlons. Ua hana lākou i ka Boston Marathon i kā lākou hoʻokūkū fetish, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lilo kāna paʻi 2009 i ko lākou 1.000th hui hui.
ʻO lāua nō nā kāne mua i hoʻopau i kahi Ironman, ka hoʻāʻo paʻakikī loa ma ka honua: (53.86 mau kilomita ʻauʻau, 42.1 holo a me 180 holo paikikala). I loko o ka wai, e kauo ana ʻo Dick me ke kaula i kahi waʻa liʻiliʻi i waiho ʻia ai kāna keiki.
I kēia Pōʻaono wale nō, pono ʻo ia e hoʻokūkū i ka heihei kaulana 'Yes you can', i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Hoyt Foundation ma Hopkinton, Massachusetts. ʻAʻole i ʻōlelo ka ʻohana inā e hoʻopanee i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana no ka hanohano o Rick lāua ʻo Dick.
