TIL at the age of 8, Glenn Cunningham sustained badly burned legs due to an explosion at school. Doctors said that he'd never walk normally again and recommended amputation. He begged his parents to disagree and they sided by him. Seventeen years later, he set the record for the quickest mile run

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TIL at the age of 8, Glenn Cunningham sustained badly burned legs due to an explosion at school. Doctors said that he'd never walk normally again and recommended amputation. He begged his parents to disagree and they sided by him. Seventeen years later, he set the record for the quickest mile run

TIL at the age of 8, Glenn Cunningham sustained badly burned legs due to an explosion at school. Doctors said that he'd never walk normally again and recommended amputation. He begged his parents to disagree and they sided by him. Seventeen years later, he set the record for the quickest mile run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Cunningham_(athlete)#Early_life suzukigun4life September 28, 2020 at 10:15PM

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TIL at the age of 8, Glenn Cunningham sustained badly burned legs due to an explosion at school. Doctors said that he'd never walk normally again and recommended amputation. He begged his parents to disagree and they sided by him. Seventeen years later, he set the record for the quickest mile run

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