Father-Son Bond
Dick & Rick Hoyt



It started in 1977 when Rick told his father he wanted to participate in a five-mile
benefit run for a local lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident.

Dick, far from being a long-distance runner, agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair.
They finished next to last, but they felt they had achieved a triumph.
That night, Dick remembers, "Rick told us he just didn't feel handicapped when we were competing."