No Stopping Him

While the Life Flight helicopter waited in the middle of the freeway, it took workers 90 minutes to extract the horribly injured driver from underneath the big rig. The good news was that he was driving a Range Rover. The bad news was that he was clinging to life with multiple fractures and severe head trauma. Upon arrival at the hospital, he was rushed into surgery, where the situation got even worse. He had suffered a stroke. His speech centers were completely gone, as was ability to walk. Titanium rods and plates were inserted in his femur, knee and forearm. Thus began the long road to recovery at Craig Rehab Hospital in Denver - one of the world's finest, yet a place where very few patients walk away from on their own two feet. After a few months, He did exactly that. And, in the long months to follow, he worked furiously to regain his life - all of it! That's just the way Dave is. Nothing stops him. By Summer of 2005, he was competing in triathlons! Because he is Dave (and there is nobody quite like him), there was no way he would stop at that. In June 07 Dave will get on his bike in Oceanside, CA and compete in Race Across America with Team Donate Life. The RAAM rules are silent on whether it is permissible to ride with a titanium femur. No matter. He's back! PS - Because of Dave's fight to recover, I knew that I could do what it took to change my own life. I draft on his amazing courage and hard work. That guy will simply not quit! And neither will I.