pics so far:
victor and rashim help hetal, goalie for india's first special olympics women's floor hockey team, suit up.
smita waits for game time on the bleachers.
little tiny afghan players versus big giant austrians. this is the story we worked on today, i'm super attached now. they are the sweetest kids in the world and i have to visit afghanistan now. they are the youngest delegation at the special olympics, as the youngest player is only 8. because of this, there are no other teams their age and they have to play adults. they play with so much spirit though. love them, and their coach abdul.
coach abdul with the kids in the locker room (apparantly i wasn't supposed to be here and i got rudely ousted shortly after this. but not before i cried a little while taking these pictures).
abdul with suliman. six months ago, suliman couldn't feed himself or go to the bathroom unassisted. now he is one of the most passionate players on the team, and had to be called out of the game today because he was so aggressive (playing incredible offense even though he was on defense). cried when i heard this story too.
check out the site at live.specialolympics.org. lots of videos and pictures. i think i might still have the homepage picture up.
love to all.
2 comments:
abby, i can hardly look at these without tearing up...how are you doing it? i think journalism would have me in tears all the time, getting to attached to my subjects. i'm glad you're having this great experience.
keep up the good work!
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