Incredible Father/Son Video (history, Boston, born, members)

[JViello]

Oh my goodness.

Talk about inspirational!

GodTube.com - My Redeemer Lives - Team Hoyt

The doctors actually told this family to "put away" their son. A father's love said "no way".

"It’s been a story of exclusion ever since he was born," Dick told me. "When he was eight months old the doctors told us we should just put him away — he’d be a vegetable all his life, that sort of thing. Well those doctors are not alive any more, but I would like them to be able to see Rick now."

The couple brought their son home determined to raise him as "normally" as possible. Within five years, Rick had two younger brothers, and the Hoyts were convinced Rick was just as intelligent as his siblings. Dick remembers the struggle to get the local school authorities to agree: "Because he couldn’t talk they thought he wouldn’t be able to understand, but that wasn’t true." The dedicated parents taught Rick the alphabet. "We always wanted Rick included in everything," Dick said. "That’s why we wanted to get him into public school."

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When the computer [specially designed so Rick could communicate for the first time] was originally brought home, Rick surprised his family with his first "spoken" words. They had expected perhaps "Hi, Mom" or "Hi, Dad." But on the screen Rick wrote "Go Bruins." The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season, and his family realized he had been following the hockey games along with everyone else...

Team Hoyt (http://www.teamhoyt.com/history.shtml - broken link)

Just wow...

P.S. Dick (The father) even had a heart attack at age 63 - he's now 65!

[driftwoodpoint]

I've seen that one before and someone just re-sent that to my email. Of course I sent it on again to friends. It just makes me cry when I see that. The dedication of the father is remarkable to see. You can just see the joy in the son's eyes.
When I watched that this morning I thought, how could you even complain about one tiny thing in your life....

[Asthedeer]

Beautiful!!