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Competitors in Triathlon entering the water for the swimming leg

Meet the suburban teen born without arms who will be competing in this weekend’s Chicago Triathlon

Source: Chicago Tribune

While Tim Bannon isn’t that into athletics, he won’t let anything—including his disability—get in the way of him doing exactly what he wants to do.

This entry was posted in Decisions that Matter and tagged Current Events, Health & Medicine, People on October 1, 2019 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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