Guest Blog: The Real Superheroes
( Quick Note From Me : This is an article written by Ottawa writer and friend, Margaret Baer-Opazo. It's about her cousin, the brilliant Patrick Anderson, the star of the Canadian men's Paralympic basketball team. But it's also about heroes and sons and figuring out who is worth looking up to.) In our cynical age of tainted athletes, doping scandals, and corruption, anyone watching the coverage of the 2012 Paralympics from London can see that disabled athletes have become our true heroes. Huge crowds have been thrilled watching exciting performances by athletes showcased by the host British media as powerful and strong, “sexy” and “cool.” What the world is discovering now, my family has been watching for some time now. My cousin, Canadian Patrick Anderson, is widely considered to be the world’s best, most complete wheelchair basketball player. Combining power, speed, pinpoint shooting, and vision, he is the LeBron James of wheelchair basketball,...