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I like seafood and eat it. That's it. Yeah, I think so. I hate to delay, but I don't. I don't think you have to. What? The pizza. Well, it's better if I don't have my to. And so. Ilene Lau Yeah, right. Now, do me a favor. Just count to ten or Mary had a little lunch or something. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I know. Before we get started, let me just for the record, your first name? Bruce. Spell it for me. B r u c e. Last name. Heart HRT. And you're at your telephone number around here. 5577607. Back. Which I guess was around 1986, 87 and 87. Chris O'Donoghue did a story on you. Do you recall? I do. What? What prompted him to do a story on you that particular time? I think it was because he was doing a series on people that were disabled and some of the things they were doing. And I had just gotten over my my accident in 1984, and it was my first venture back into to coaching, which is something I had done before my accident. And someone picked up the story that I was back in high school and Chris called, thought it would be a good human interest story and gave me a call, asked if he could come out. You mentioned that you had been a coach for many years. You started coaching? Actually, when actually, I started in 1968 at Baltimore Junior College, which is now community college in Baltimore. I was an assistant football coach, an assistant lacrosse coach there. I hadn't yet finished college myself. My first official teaching job was in 1971 after I graduated from Townsend State.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=1.48,137.45"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that was a test in high school, and I coached and taught physical education there. Before that, you had been heavily involved in sports. You were a football player. When when were you a football player? Well, I went to a poly Palmer Polytechnic Institute and I was for, I don't know, Valley Road, North Avenue School. That's right. And I was fortunate enough to be there when we had probably one of the best football teams I've ever had there in 1968, whatever. It was as good as Southern High School, you know? Well, speaking of Southern, you know, I'm a writer. Assistant coach was an old Southern man himself. So I guess he would probably agree with you. But in 1962, we went to the the high school Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. And believe it or not, in 1963, our team was actually better. We went on scored upon in 1963, with the exception of Calvert Hall. They were the only team that scored on us. We beat them 32 six. Okay. Just for the sake of brevity, let's just do that again. And you played football for Polly. What position did you play? I was an offensive guard and a defensive middle guard. And back then we played both ways. How were you? Were you a good player? I think I was all right. I probably could have been better. If you listen to the coach, if I had listened to the coaches. Yeah. And then from there, you were. You spent some time in the military? Yes. Yes. I went away in 66, joined the National Guard, Army National Guard and First Battalion, 75th Infantry downtown, and went away from my active duty. Did you get a chance to tour or did you stay more or less year in in the area? No, I stayed in the state, in the country, as we call it, because I was in the National Guard and came back and went to officer candidate school and became a second lieutenant in 1968 and then eventually became a captain.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=138.26,253.13"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eventually I actually became a major the day I was hurt, January 7th, 1984, I was a major. And then the National Guard retired me as a lieutenant colonel in June of that year. What now? The action in the what? When did the action? In January 7th, 1984. In the winter. It was in the winter. But there was no snow on the roads. No ice. I had the misfortune of meeting another car, coming the opposite direction on a bend, and he was going a little too fast and took too much of the road and took my little Honda Prelude and pushed it off the road and broke my neck in three places. And that disabled. You made me a quadriplegic, as I'm known. Yes. Paralyzed from the shoulders down. So any any sports career, you you had thought of it up to that point or your coaching career you thought had come to an end? Yes. I didn't even know how I was going to live. At that point, I thought my whole life had come to an end and coaching was the furthest thing from my mind. How long did it take you to go through the process of finally accepting the fact that you were going to be what you were going to be and that you had to go ahead and do something about it? I don't know whether I'm totally going through it yet after 12 years, but the stages of self-pity and apathy and denial and revenge, you get over those pretty quickly. I would say probably within the first six months I was had made my peace and knew that I had to get on with my. Life for Rob was just going to wither be a vegetable. So what are you doing now? All right, now, I've since my accident.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=254.03,351.73"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have to admit to you, if it wasn't for the wheelchair, my life is much more rewarding now than it was when I was a, quote, stand up person. I'm doing things I want to do now. They're much more rewarding. You started a little business. I started several businesses. Magnetic signs. I started a sign business for disabled people to put magnetic signs on their cars and vans to allow people to give them more room when they park. I started a ten minute all change business with some friends of mine. I've been involved in a restaurant here locally in Bel Air for the last couple of years. But you're still coaching children. Lacrosse. Still doing that. In 1987, when I went to Edgewood, which was when Chris picked up the story, I spent four years there, and then I moved on to Harford Community College and helped start lacrosse program there and coached the goalies. I left there two years ago and recently I've been working with Harvard lacrosse camp and specifically with youngsters who want to learn how to be goalies. Now you're now they've been cheering some some lacrosse shots right here on your lawn. Is that a normal thing or is that just for us today? We always have a goal in our front yard. My son plays at North Hartford and my daughter, who's going into the ninth, created frost and wants to be a goalie. And we always have kids in the neighborhood out there. We love to go out all year round. So what's going on out on your lawn is not an unusual thing. No, it really isn't. There's always some kids out there playing there, either in the driveway by a basketball or in the front yard with lacrosse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=352.72,452.11"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Go. Where were you? Married and married in 72. And when this accident happened? Your wife obviously went through a lot of trauma, too. Actually, I think she went more through more than me. I was able to concentrate on rehabilitation and getting myself well. She had to literally take over the running of the home. We had to sell the home we were in because it wasn't accessible to me. She found this home we're in now on our own, plus all the family chores. And. And I was in Richmond, Virginia, in the rehab hospital. So she kept the home front going with two small children. So she has sort of helped a great deal more than I could ever tell you. And the two children, they I imagine that it took some getting used to for them. Also having a big scrapping dad and then all of a sudden you've you're going through this trauma that that you said you had to go through for a couple of years. My son remembers me as a stand up person. He was three years old when I was hurt. My daughter had just turned one in December. And so she really doesn't know me any other way than in the chair. So what's next? I don't know. I, I keep telling people I'm too big a chicken to die, so I have to keep finding things to do. My wife says I piddle a lot. I i piddle in things and whatever comes down the pike or whatever attractive offers come along. I like doing a lot of volunteer work. I'm doing more speaking now to organizations and schoolchildren and businesses on motivation and disability awareness. I'd like to get more involved in that. More speaking engagements. Well, is there something that you would really like to do within the next couple of months that you that you've been thinking about maybe for the last couple of years or anything or anything new that you'd like to try or go someplace you'd like to go or.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=452.5,576.63"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, I you know, I don't really think that far ahead. I've realized that with this injury and knowing about quadriplegia, I pretty much take it day to day. I never know what's going to happen each given day with my health. And there are a lot of peripheral problems that come with the injury and I have good days and bad days. So I pretty much live day to day and I don't make any of their long range plans other than to try to live as long as I can. I've gotten 12 years in now, so I guess I'm doing all right. So I think Chris mentioned in the piece he did with you that you said something in effect, that something in the fact that if it's worth having, it's worth working for. Yes. Do you recall those those words of wisdom that you used on Chris back then? I, I basically I think I do. I think I told him that there were two things that helped me through the injury. One, my involvement in athletics gave me that competitive attitude. I also realized that there are times when you win. There's times when you lose. There are times when you gain five yards. There are times when you lose three yards and you can't quit after losing the three yards. You have to huddle up, call a new player, go out there and push forward, try to gain the three yards back and then some. And that's been my philosophy of life, to try to turn those lemons into lemonade. All right. That was perfect. But it was too long. Okay, Cut it down for me. Cut it down to a nice ten, 12, 15 second bite. All right. Which part did you like the ball? Well, the whole thing was just knock it down.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=577.74,669.84"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You were talking about. I think you said something like, you know, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I'll pick it up from there. Okay? Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Just like playing an athletic contest, you can gain five yards, You can lose three yards. The I've tried to live my life by huddling up and trying to gain the three yards back. I lost plus some and turn lemons into lemonade and just doing the best you can with what you got. Sure. Yeah, I again, I think that life isn't worth living unless you can live it to its fullest. Try. If there's somebody out there and there may very well be who has just suffered an accident like this recently and who's definitely going through what what you went through. Any advice? I think so. I think there are probably two things I can say. One, make your peace with however the accident happened and clear your mind of that. And because you can't concentrate on what you have to do for rehabilitation and then make your life worthwhile. Active daily living skills. Everyone has problems. You have problems every day. It's just that they're magnified when you're when you're injured like I am. But you learn ways of doing the things you used to do. You just do them differently. You look and it's way too I mean, just again, if there is a person out there who who has suffered an accident like this recently, a man or woman, and who are going through that trauma, that you went through the doubt, you know, the anxiety and the temper and all this. What would be your advice to that person? The first thing would probably be to to get all that negative thinking out, get rid of it, whatever you have to do to get rid of it, and then concentrate on positive thinking as positive thinking is what's going to make you better.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=670.08,779.55"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Get a couple and then I'm going to have you in. Jamie All right. And then we'll do some different like, you got to bend your knees and I got a minute. Lindsay. Some balls. You need a little guy. You need to sit down and get back up a little. Back up a little back up in the goal center of the goal line. One step to the ball game. Okay. They waited. I see. That made it easy, but that made it easy. That's it. That's good stuff. I think that crown might be good. Going to grant. That's. That's. See Good eyes. Good job. All right, Lindsey. All right. You hit the painting right on the ground. Yeah. Easy, bouncer. Bat two feet out from her, right on the ground in front of Boehner. In front of. Okay. On. At least for many engineers. It'll come. This is not a girl. Okay, good. Jamie, let's go. Let's go some off hip shots now. Left hip, left, hip, left, hip. Right here if the ball hit save. The ice pick. He stepped to his feet to body speak. Everything goes at once. Watch his eyes. His eyes are on the ball all the time. He's still active. He's cutting down the angle. Good shape. Good shape. Good. Maths was further out by man to bouncer in New York court. That's good. Tough save. It's a tough shot. Watch what Jamie does. He's cutting down the angle and then my mouth is coming out to where the ball hits the ground. See how far the go he is? He stand back into goal. There's a chance the ball is going to bounce over your head. Short hop flight. Step out and meet the ball. You go play the ball.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=785.61,957.86"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Good save. Okay, let's you track my bounces now. You got to step out and meet it. Step out. It needed to get a little quick with your feet. Big step. Now step up. Hey, Go. Get your body on. Okay, let's go. Come on. Go, go, go. We're filming again. Just go, kiddo. Don't bend your brain and open it to waste. You want to keep a straight back? You would have been a genius. And don't forget to step. Don't get the step. If engineers get ready for the balls, your feet anticipate and step, step right to the ball. Back up to four out of the goal. Now back up to step. Nick Right. That's Nick. Yes. Nick comes forward a couple of. Okay, Go. Don't give her a double cradle. Just let her see the ball. Let her see the ball and then shoot. That's it. Try to concentrate on her eyes. Well, yes, I know you're watching. Good. Talk louder. You know, a collection of all blue cases. You can see the stripes. Okay. Nick and Lindsay. Nick and Lindsay. Like all the Morning Shots at Townsend State in the senior year of college, he met Susan. A Perry Hall girl. Last name was Jess. Guess what? Two years later, he walked down the aisle. They were married February 1972. So he played football for Kansas State in 1977 79. I sent him to say that part in 1987. No. Suddenly in December of 83, played the part of George Washington at the commemoration of George's resignation as commander in chief. That same with Governor Hughes. Like Fillmore. So it was our first year in 1991. He went to Harvard Community College. He was given a better offer. And you've been there ever since? Correct? Correct.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830#t=959.18,1185.22"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/136818/file/253830/transcript/71674/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I see you join the National Guard in 1961, 1966, 1966, and was promoted to major. Right before the accident. His first teaching and coaching job was in Townsend High School, 1971 and 72, where he was a fifth grade teacher. Teaching, lacrosse, wrestling and football. He coached Bellaire High School from 73 to 78 and then went on active duty. How long were you in active duty? He was on active duty, 78 to 84 with the National Guard. And then he was her elementary school. Bruce is in the Cub Scout uniform and the kid all the way. Now, on the left is Michael Homeless Girl. Howard Park Elementary School. P.S. to 18. 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