The other night my mother called to tell me to watch the local news. They had on a great story. Then tonight it was on the national news. They'd played it last night and had so much response that they played it again tonight.
An autistic senior who is the manager for the high school basketball team in a Rochester, NY area school was told he could suit up and sit on the bench for the last game of the season. The coach told him he didn't know if he'd get in the game. Before the game, he talked with the opposing coach and said he had a special needs student he'd like to get into the game if possible and the other team's coach said it was fine.
With 4 minutes left in the game, J-Mac was put in to thunderous cheers from his fellow students. The boys wanted him to score, so passed him the ball. He took a shot which was a huge air ball. His second shot missed. The coach said he was praying the boy would make a basket. Well, he did - and that wasn't all. He made six 3-point shots tieing the school record! He ended up with 20 points. The students stormed the floor and lifted Jason on their shoulders.
To watch the video brought tears to my eyes. It is one of the greatest stories I've seen on the news.
The story has captured world-wide attention. Disney has contacted the family and wants to make the story into a tv movie!
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060224/SPORTS0102/602240373/1007/SPORTS
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7B0124C0-7D58-49A3-81EC-EF50A0D8D673
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Wow, what a beautiful story.
I saw this last night on the news in Ontario, Canada... what an amazing story!!! there IS good in the world!!!
Joy
Thanks for sharing. I love it when there is something positive on the news. Thanks for giving me a great way to start my day.
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