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10/19/2012

One Leg Super Star

Adam is eight years old, when he was born he had cancer in his left leg. He went through several cycle of intense chemotherapy. The cancer would not go away, the Benders had a choose keep fighting the cancer or amputate his leg. Four days after his birthday doctors amputated his leg. The day after he was released from the hospital he was standing up on one leg and laughing.  At the age of 3 he started to get into sports first soccer, he learned how to run with his crutches and kick the ball. He was an instant success on the field. He quickly became the leading scorer on the team, he became so good in fact that they had to switch him to a different league. he still was the best player out there. When he was six he took and interest in football, he wanted to join a flag league. The coaches came up with the idea of putting him in at quarterback in a shotgun snap. Adam was one the best his coaches have ever seen. In the spring he wanted to play baseball, but one of the coaches said that he plays on the team for the "handy cap". His mom did not like this, she talk to the league commissioner. He said he could play on a normal team. He learned to kneel on his one leg and he became the catcher. When he would hit he had no crutches so he would hop to first base then get his crutches. This kid on one leg is an all-around All Star.

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