Archive for amputee Category
2011 Alcatraz Sharkfest swim
July 4, 2011 alcatraz, amputee, athlete, athletics, disability, disabled, fundraising, inspiration, swimmingThe Alcatraz Sharkfest swim was 25 June 2011.
This was my 18th attempt to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. I did finish; I only say “attempt” because all the blather about Alcatraz as this formidable escape-proof prison calls all the escape efforts “attempts”. But of course, we are wearing wetsuits (mostly), are doing it during [...]
Filming Kelly Bruno for WSIC TV
July 2, 2011 amputee, athletics, biking, book, disability, disabled, duke, inspiration, prosthetic, prosthetics, self-confidence, self-esteem, sports, swimming, TVFilming for WSIC TV continues and last week was all Kelly Bruno.
Kelly’s quick thumbnail story is that she was born with a birth defect that included not having a fibula or a foot-ankle on her right side. It made her lower leg useless and it was removed at six months of age. She has never [...]
Next TV profile: Kelly Bruno
May 5, 2011 amputee, athlete, athletics, biking, disability, disabled, prosthetic, prosthetics, running, swimming, TVKelly Bruno, age 27 from Boca Raton, FL, is a Duke graduate and now a medical student at UNC Chapel Hill. She is also a world-record holding amputee runner and triathlete, a former contestant on the TV series Survivor: Nicaragua, and the next person we will profile in Who Says I Can’t the TV Series.
Kelly [...]
Who Says I Can’t TV – Maureen
April 20, 2011 amputee, athletics, boating, confidence, disability, disabled, fighting back, handicapped, independence, inspiration, recreation, sailing, self-esteem, sports, TVWe have a crew of 4 for the shoots. In all action shots we have 3 cameras. In interviews we have 2 cameras and a lighting person as well as a production assistant who runs around making the scene comfortable for all. Here is how this (and probably most) shoots went with Maureen McKinnon last [...]
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2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal
March 27, 2011 alcatraz, amputee, athletics, biking, cancer, charity, Dana-Farber, disability, disabled, fundraising, PMC, sports, swimmingJothy & Carole’s 2011 Athletic Fundraising Appeal
Every year we take on 2 or 3 significant athletic challenges to raise money and give back. We need your help to reach our fundraising goals. To date, since 1998, we have raised and given to these causes over $100,000 thanks to so many generous donors. Thanks for all [...]
First 1-legged ascent up Jackson Hole’s Bridger headwall
March 5, 2011 amputee, athlete, confidence, disability, disabled, jackson hole, lungs, outriggers, skiingOK, we don’t know officially if it is first 1-legged ascent but the people that know Jackson Hole well think so.
Through good friend, mountaineer, skier and snowboarder extraordinaire Stephen Koch–the first to descend the highest peaks on 6 of the 7 continents on a snowboard (http://stephenkoch.com)–my brother Mike and I had a strong in with [...]
The 2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. world indoor rowing championships
February 21, 2011 amputee, athletics, disability, disabled, rowing, sportsI entered the 2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. (stands for Charles River Association of Sculling Has Beens) indoor rowing championships this year. Something like 2000 rowers from all over the world converge on the Agannis Arena at Boston University for this event. In the main competition area, the Concept2 rowing machine manufacturer set up 80 Erg machines connected [...]
Read More »This year’s athletic events
February 19, 2011 alcatraz, amputee, athlete, athletics, biking, disability, disabled, fighting back, handicapped, recreation, sportsI have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list:
date
location
event
what it is
fundraiser
2/20
Boston, MA
C.R.A.S.H.-B.
Indoor rowing championships
not a fundraiser
4/16-17
D.C. to Gettysburg
FOA ride
World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military—disabled, veterans and active duty—in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA
Resources and support to injured service members, [...]
Needham disabilities awareness at Eliot school
February 17, 2011 amputee, athlete, disability, disabled, media coverage, speaking, TVFrom the Needham Hometown Weekly – Jothy Rosenberg, author of Who Says I Can’t, will help launch the Disability Awareness program at John Eliot Elementary School on Friday, January 28. Rosenberg, who lost a leg and a lung to cancer when he was a teenager, was told that he had no chance of surviving. Thanks [...]
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C.R.A.S.H.-B. 2011 World Indoor Rowing Championships
February 4, 2011 amputee, athlete, disabled, exercise, rowingI’m in! I will be competing in the 2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. 2011 World Indoor Rowing Championships to be held Feb 20th in Agganis Arena at Boston University.
I have been rowing on a one of these machines for winter workouts for years. And a couple of years ago I got on the Charles River and rowed in [...]
