Abel Cruz discovered Amputees Across America at precisely the right time.
The 60-year-old resident of Albuquerque, N.M., lost his left leg in August 2005, when he was injured in a motorcycle accident just east of Monroe. Cruz, who was riding to visit a friend near Hattiesburg, Miss., was hit by a wayward tractor-trailer tire. His left leg was crushed in the crash, fracturing in several places and unable to be saved.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Boston Bill And Amputees Across America At HealthSouth, Alexandria LA
Hello Boston Bill!
I’ve attached a story for you here…just follow the link and you should be good to go. Congratulations on such a wonderful program and all your success!! We’re cheering you on!
http://www.kalb.com/category/185185/video?clipId=5997246&autostart=true
Joy Howe
Anchor/Reporter
KALB-TV / NBC NALB-TV / CBS 2
Ch. 5 / Digital 5.1 Ch. 2 / Digital 5.2
318.445.2456 (station)
318.483.4232 (direct line)
318.442.7427 (fax)
email: jhowe@kalb.com
website: www.kalb.com
A Hoak Media Station
I’ve attached a story for you here…just follow the link and you should be good to go. Congratulations on such a wonderful program and all your success!! We’re cheering you on!
http://www.kalb.com/category/185185/video?clipId=5997246&autostart=true
Joy Howe
Anchor/Reporter
KALB-TV / NBC NALB-TV / CBS 2
Ch. 5 / Digital 5.1 Ch. 2 / Digital 5.2
318.445.2456 (station)
318.483.4232 (direct line)
318.442.7427 (fax)
email: jhowe@kalb.com
website: www.kalb.com
A Hoak Media Station
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Cyclists Touring America Make Stop In Tyler
Boston Bill Hansbury might be without a leg, but he is living an active lifestyle and using his cycling to encourage rehabilitation patients to do the same.
Hansbury, of St. Petersburg, Fla., lost his leg three and 1/2 years ago because of a staph infection. After losing his leg, the 73-year-old wanted to get back to cycling and running.
So he rode his bicycle in a local park, where he met a member of Amputees Across America — a group of amputees that makes a transcontinental bike ride and visits patients in hospitals to increase awareness of amputees.
Click here for more.
Hansbury, of St. Petersburg, Fla., lost his leg three and 1/2 years ago because of a staph infection. After losing his leg, the 73-year-old wanted to get back to cycling and running.
So he rode his bicycle in a local park, where he met a member of Amputees Across America — a group of amputees that makes a transcontinental bike ride and visits patients in hospitals to increase awareness of amputees.
Click here for more.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Hi y'all,
Just going to post some random pix while I enjoy a day off. Most of them speak for themselves with ride itself and the rehab facilities and people recovering from many physical challenges.
Riding into the rehab facilities brings a very visible smile of appreciation to the faces of both staff and patients on what one can do and the hope to get back to a healthy life.
The feeling it brings to us, the riders, is difficult to capture in words. All of us agree, the hours we spend with patients, are more taxing than the ride itself, but the reward is greater than the miles we ride.
Enjoy the pix. I miss you all.
Just going to post some random pix while I enjoy a day off. Most of them speak for themselves with ride itself and the rehab facilities and people recovering from many physical challenges.
Riding into the rehab facilities brings a very visible smile of appreciation to the faces of both staff and patients on what one can do and the hope to get back to a healthy life.
The feeling it brings to us, the riders, is difficult to capture in words. All of us agree, the hours we spend with patients, are more taxing than the ride itself, but the reward is greater than the miles we ride.
Enjoy the pix. I miss you all.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
This does not do justice to the long road that is ahead. It shows the beautiful loneliness in some areas of our Country.
On this road I get on my bike and with one push the wind accelerates me up to 31mph. I did not pedal once for at least 10 miles. It was great, fastest I have ridden in several years. I'll take it.
Today I'm in Colorado Springs, CO. A pretty little town ringed by enormous, snow capped Mts. Something we don't see in FL. The local bicycle club joined us as we rode into town and I went with them for a 15 mile tour of the town. Very nice. I asked about the length of their riding season and was surprised to find it lasted all year. The mountains protect them from heavy snows and what little they get melts quickly.
We spent the remaining hours at a HealthSouth facility working with amputees and other problems. Got a 19 yr old boy, double amputee, on abicycle for the first time and the smile of joy on his face would bring tears to your eyes. Great stuff !
Tomorrow we leave for TX and I'll report to you soon. I miss you all, you are a great group.........
On this road I get on my bike and with one push the wind accelerates me up to 31mph. I did not pedal once for at least 10 miles. It was great, fastest I have ridden in several years. I'll take it.
Today I'm in Colorado Springs, CO. A pretty little town ringed by enormous, snow capped Mts. Something we don't see in FL. The local bicycle club joined us as we rode into town and I went with them for a 15 mile tour of the town. Very nice. I asked about the length of their riding season and was surprised to find it lasted all year. The mountains protect them from heavy snows and what little they get melts quickly.
We spent the remaining hours at a HealthSouth facility working with amputees and other problems. Got a 19 yr old boy, double amputee, on abicycle for the first time and the smile of joy on his face would bring tears to your eyes. Great stuff !
Tomorrow we leave for TX and I'll report to you soon. I miss you all, you are a great group.........
Saturday, June 4, 2011
What a beautiful country we live in.
I wish you could all see the vastness of this great land. Riding thru the deserts, one can't help but think of the early settlers crossing such vast and seemingly barren flatness and then the mountains appear on the horizon.The size and shapes are amazing. As you are riding they appear so close, yet it takes most of the day to reach them. The blue sky reaches, to what seems, infinity.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
And here we go!
The official start from the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach. On to
the Arizona border.
the Arizona border.
Route 66
Well, after flying and driving. I finally got the bicycle on the road and what a road. Probably one of our Counties oldest and very well known. Route 66.
One of the other riders from MO, name of Jeff joined me and we road thru the Mohave Desert for a few hours, on 66.
One of the other riders from MO, name of Jeff joined me and we road thru the Mohave Desert for a few hours, on 66.
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