Father & Son - true story

JJ864
By JJ864

A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'.

The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'.

They went on to complete the marathon together.

Father and son went onto join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Iron man together.'

To which, his father said 'Yes' too.

For those who don't know, Iron man is the toughest triathlon ever.

The race encompasses three endurance events of a

2.4 mile (3.86kilometer) ocean swim,

followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride,

and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island.

Father and son went on to complete the race together.

NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO:
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8cf08faca5dd9ea45513

By snowyowl• 20 Sep 2008 09:41
Rating: 3/5
snowyowl

love it..(sniff)

 

 I may be blonde but I am wise

smile lots laugh more

By harsha• 20 Sep 2008 09:40
harsha

its a touching video.. my eyes are wet..

By mani.250• 20 Sep 2008 09:29
Rating: 4/5
mani.250

Thtz called true love... it made me cried

By nadt• 19 Sep 2008 23:39
Rating: 3/5
nadt

The look on the sons face when they finished the marathon was extrodinary. The message here is the "you can", not many of us would even contemplate doing that due to heart condition and the sons physical disability but he did it because it meant a lot to his son.

By mojo1981• 19 Sep 2008 23:31
Rating: 2/5
mojo1981

I think its great what the father did for the kid, but jeez to go that extent, you must be crazy...and to risk your life while being a heart patient, in the event something happened to the father who would look after the son?

Though I'm assuming they made money out of it via sponsors.

mojo1981

By youRniece• 19 Sep 2008 22:35
Rating: 2/5
youRniece

i am really touched with the video since i grew up without my father.

By britexpat• 19 Sep 2008 22:02
Rating: 5/5
britexpat

A touching and powerful story of a parent's love for their child.. All parents love their children and show it in different ways.. Hockey Moms for instance or fathers who take them to football..

Nothing really to do with religion..

By nadt• 19 Sep 2008 21:44
nadt

wow what a great inspiration this father and son are, i loved watching this video...Unconditional love.

By i-moody• 19 Sep 2008 21:30
i-moody

how touching...i had my throat tightened with emotions...

man i love my son too and for him how many things i did not do.

Was that Maria Carey singing? or Whitney Houston?

But i dont tend to believe everything my eyes see, specially videos like this on the net. this world is so deceptive that anyone could have made up that video. Like for an advertisement. It's been known how many offshoots of Christianity, specially in the US, do spend a lot of money to advertise and bring more people in their social and religious group. May be, it is one of these adverts.

Nonetheless, the lesson that I take from this moving video is: God loves us more than this dad loves his son.

Btw( Is that really his son? the son looks like a brother or friend) and to believe that the dad has heart conditions, wow thats hard to swallow.

By hhrods• 19 Sep 2008 21:25
Rating: 3/5
hhrods

BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES

By QT• 19 Sep 2008 20:43
Rating: 4/5
QT

The love between two people!

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