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02-24-2006, 01:31 PM
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Enough with all the Crappy News out there...
....This has got to be the Feel Good story of the Decade. This is a Great Story...
Autistic Teen's Hoop Dreams Come True
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2006
(CBS) It was the stuff of Hollywood, but it was real.
Senior Jason McElwain had been the manager of the varsity basketball team of Greece Athena High School in Rochester, N.Y.
McElwain, who's autistic, was added to the roster by coach Jim Johnson so he could be given a jersey and get to sit on the bench in the team's last game of the year.
Johnson hoped the situation would even enable him to get McElwain onto the floor a little playing time.
He got the chance, with Greece Athena up by double-digits with four minutes go to.
And, in his first action of the year, McElwain missed his first two shots, but then sank six three-pointers and another shot (video), for a total of 20 points in three minutes.
"My first shot was an air ball (missing the hoop), by a lot, then I missed a lay-up," McElwain recalls. "As the first shot went in, and then the second shot, as soon as that went in, I just started to catch fire."
"I've had a lot of thrills in coaching," Johnson says. "I've coached a lot of wonderful kids. But I've never experienced such a thrill."
The crowd went wild, and his teammates carried the excited McElwain off the court.
"I felt like a celebrity!" he beamed.
McElwain's mother sees it as a milestone for her son.
"This is the first moment Jason has ever succeeded (and could be) proud of himself," reflects Debbie McElwain. "I look at autism as the Berlin Wall, and he cracked it."
His teammates couldn't be happier.
"He's a cool kid," says guard Levar Goff. "You just get to know him, get used to being around him. A couple of weeks ago, he missed practice because he was sick. You feel different when he's not around. He brings humor and life to the team."
Jason's next goal: to graduate.
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02-24-2006, 01:37 PM
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Boston Anglah
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Gave me chills, thanks TDF.... That is great
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02-24-2006, 01:48 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
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saw it on ESPN yesterday. what a great story, even better how the kids in the school really embrace this kid.  |
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02-24-2006, 01:53 PM
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That's great!
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02-24-2006, 01:53 PM
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Not only did his team-mates carry him off the Court...so did the opposing team.
Saw it on the news this morning....the place went absolutely nuts. It was also nice to see all the kids that played in the game actually appreciate what they had just been a part of.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-24-2006, 02:06 PM
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Thanks TDF, that was nice  |
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02-24-2006, 02:14 PM
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Registered Grandpa
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Great story TDF, thanks. There is alot of good news out there. Unsung heros doing things everday, people helping others, and alot more happy things than unhappy.Unfortunatly the media has tried to appeal to our lower human nature knowing we are curious and more likely to read the crap stuff.
I no longer listen to the 11pm news preferring to go to bed lauhging at
Sienfeld and Raymond rather than feeling negative. There's nothing you can do about 99% of the crap they air anyway.  |
" Choose Life "
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02-24-2006, 02:41 PM
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I was watching that on ESPN yesterday as well. Great story. Almost brings a tear of joy to your eye.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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02-24-2006, 02:45 PM
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Seen the highlites last night, feel good story of the year! Loved it!!
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02-24-2006, 04:09 PM
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I saw those highlights, too. That kid could not miss!! His shots were unbelievably long swishes!! Awesome!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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02-24-2006, 04:13 PM
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Justplugit is right
the news i sometimes call...."the Death show"... because it's all about who crashed here, died there...who is about to die..(as in trapped miners)who wasn't executed or who was....screw that ...
why program yourself to think of all that morbid stuff just before bedtime.  it'll get into your dreams,,,
yeah a wicked feel good story....helps to restore your faith.
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