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Marshall
University Huntington,
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Phone: 304.696.2318 E-mail: wintersb@marshall.edu |
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Marshall University |

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On March 29th, Marshall University, the Teubert Foundation, and their
community partners will proudly introduce Dick Traum to the Tri-State,
Huntington, and Charleston communities as a part of DisAbilities Awareness
Day. After losing his right leg following a car accident at the age of 24,
Traum became the first amputee to complete a marathon race. Seven years later
he founded the Achilles Track Club (ATC) in New York, an organization that
provides support and reinforcement for those wishing to participate in sports no matter what their physical
circumstances. Today, there are over
10,000 members of the ATC, in 110 chapters on six continents. They run despite having such conditions as visual impairments,
cerebral palsy, paraplegia, arthritis. amputation, or cancer. Last year
he and the ATC started working with disabled Iraqi war veterans. |
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Sponsored by: Marshall University The Teubert Foundation Road Runners HealthyHuntington.org The Veterans Administration Bank One HPT Physical Therapy
Specialists |
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Dick Traum racing in a hand-cranked wheelchair |