Three Heroes: Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen awarding a thirteen-year-old silver relay medal

Rick Hansen, an ordinary man, started a fundraising program for improvement to people with spinal cord injuries. He himself has a spinal cord injury, due to running in a marathon, he is now in a wheelchair supporting people with spinal cord injuries to have and aquire a more healthy life. For twenty-five years, he has made a marathon for people with spinal cord injuries to have a heathier life, instead of regretting to do everything and to be unhappy with their lives. Furthermore, being passinate and content his his life, Rick has entered many and won lots of awards to wheelchair races. He believes that people like him can make a difference, thus, he also has his own fundraising program giving it to research of spinal cord injuries.