Wise Young
07-29-2005, 04:26 AM
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Ulmer/2005/07/08/1122658-sun.html
Littlest Unser has big heart
Third-generation auto racer inspired by wheelchair-bound sister
by Mike Ulmer
Al Unser III knows the risks of the game. You get in a race car and at any moment your life can spin out of control. You can end up in a wheelchair. Or worse.
And here's the grizzliest truth, a truth Unser understands only too well: All those terrible things can find the sweetest people in the most innocent of circumstances.
On Feb. 5, 1999, Unser's sister Cody was at a Grade 6 basketball practice at home in Albuquerque.
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Littlest Unser has big heart
Third-generation auto racer inspired by wheelchair-bound sister
by Mike Ulmer
Al Unser III knows the risks of the game. You get in a race car and at any moment your life can spin out of control. You can end up in a wheelchair. Or worse.
And here's the grizzliest truth, a truth Unser understands only too well: All those terrible things can find the sweetest people in the most innocent of circumstances.
On Feb. 5, 1999, Unser's sister Cody was at a Grade 6 basketball practice at home in Albuquerque.
more...