地道美語向前沖：“絕世好父親”抱腦癱女兒參賽
‘She is my heart and I am her legs’: Devoted dad runs triathlon (鐵人三項) carrying his teenager daughter with cerebral palsy (腦癱) because she loves being outdoors
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據(jù)外媒報道，一位39歲叫Rick van Beek的男子，抱著他因腦癱而無法動彈的女兒參加鐵人三項的比賽，因為在只有幾個月嬰兒意識的女兒為數(shù)不多能表達(dá)清楚的意愿中，他深愛的女兒更喜歡呆在戶外呼吸新鮮的空氣，并且在觀看馬拉松等體育項目時臉上會露出喜悅的笑容。于是這位偉大的父親一路帶著女兒完成了常人都難以完成的鐵人三項運動。
“她是我的心，我是她的腿。”“我知道她喜歡待在戶外、喜歡戶外運動，這是我僅知道的，所以我要幫她實現(xiàn)這個愿望。”
據(jù)了解，Rick的女兒在出生兩個月后就患有腦癱，十幾年來，Rick都堅持不懈的帶著女兒參加各種運動比賽。他知道以女兒的身體無法完成任何一項簡單的運動，但是他想帶著她一起去體驗這些運動的美好與魅力。
Van Beek, 39, told the Midland Daily News that he wants to complete the events with his daughter, who is unable to walk or talk, because she adores being outside.
For the swimming portion, van Beek tugs his daughter through the water in a kayak (皮艇) and then pulls her behind him in a cart as he cycles. He runs the last leg (路程) pushing her in a buggy.
'She functions like a three-month-old, and one of the very few things that we know she enjoys is being outside, being in the water, feeling the breeze in her hair and in her face,' he said.
'I think Madison has changed more peoples' lives than I even know about - without doing anything, just being out there. Not me, her,' van Beek told Fox News. 'We make a good team.
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