Dick Hoyt and his love for his son Rick

I found it on brutallyhonest.org.  It’s a pretty impressive story.

When Rick Hoyt developed cerebral palsy at birth in 1962 after his umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck, cutting off oxygen to his brain, doctors suggested to his parents that he be institutionalized. But Dick Hoyt and his wife refused, insisting that their son have as normal a life as possible.

The normal life saw Rick, who cannot talk or walk, graduating from a public high school and going on to Boston College, where he earned a degree in special education. After teaching for one year, Rick turned to his interest in computers, and helped Boston College develop the "Eagle Eyes" computer system that uses eye and head movements to help him communicate.

While attending a college basketball game, he heard an announcement about a benefit run for a cross-country runner who had become paralyzed in an accident.

Dick remembers his son coming home and saying, "Dad, we have to do something for him. I want to show him that life goes on even though he is paralyzed."

"It was Rick who was the motivation," for their racing career, Hoyt said. "He asked me to race."

That first race, in 1979, was a five-mile run with Dick pushing Rick in a two-wheel running chair.

"We started building up to marathons, and entered our first marathon in 1981," Hoyt said. Their list of racing accomplishments includes 64 marathons, a distance of 26.2 miles, including 24 consecutive Boston Marathons.

The story is a bit dated, but you get the gist.  The father's love for his son is nothing but incredible and if this doesn't move you, nothing will.

Here's a video that should also move you:

 

H/T to InnerDorothy.