Eleven Seconds By Roy Travis Swift E M

by Travis Roy

In this heartfelt testament to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit Travis Roy who suffered a devastating injury eleven seconds into his first college hockey game reveals how he has managed to cope after the accident and with the help of family and friends overcome tremendous barriers to begin a new life of photos Within the 11 seconds that inspired this memoir Travis Roy realized his dream then smashed into his nightmare On an October night in 1995 Roy a talented young hockey player skated onto the ice for his varsity debut with Boston University Eleven fateful seconds later he was paralyzed from the neck down Aided by the sure touch of Sports Illustrated hockey writer E M Swift Roy s moving account of his accident and his rehabilitation confined to a wheelchair he s gotten some use of his right arm back avoids the maudlin Instead Eleven Seconds is filled with grit hope humor and a thoughtful young man s introspection on the meaning of sports and the adjustments that follow when the ability to play them is taken away

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