'You only live once:' Special athlete embraces courage in Over the Edge rappel fundraiser
>> YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.
>> COLE COVERING 19 STORIES,
ONE AT A TIME AND ALL FOR A
GREAT CAUSE. THIS MORNING,
WRAL, HEALTH REPORTER, GRACE
TEVA.
>> CHECK HER OUT. SHE'S NOT
EVEN STAY ON SPEARS ALL OUT OF
THE THAT MAN. I WOULD NOT HAVE
A SMILE ON MY FACE WOULD BE
TERRIFIED. BUT SHE WAS HELPING
THE OVER THE EDGE EVENT
SUPPORTING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND
GRACE WASN'T ALONE. ALSO GOING
OVER THE EDGE WAS GREG BUTLER,
A LOCAL ATHLETE WHO SAYS
>> HE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT
THE SUPPORT OF SPECIAL
OLYMPICS.
>> MY NAME IT COULD BE SAID
AS BIG BUTLER, BUT NC STATE'S
MILLER FEEL GREAT WAY TO THE
ATHLETE IS BETTER KNOWN.
AS NUMBER 3 SPECIAL OLYMPICS,
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SPECIAL
OLYMPICS.
IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND THE
LIVES OF MANY BESIDES THE LOVE
OF THE GAME. GREG, IN HIS
TEAMMATES ALL SHARE ONE THING
IN COMMON A AND THEY ALL HAVE
AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
BUT FOR AN HOUR OR MONDAY
NIGHTS, NONE OF THAT MATTERS.
AND THIS GAME IS WHAT IT MEANT.
GREG HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY
THROUGH SPECIAL OLYMPICS, NORTH
CAROLINA. IT'S MADE IT A LOT
EASIER TO FIND GROUPS WHO HAVE.
COMMON MALADIES WHERE FOR ME
TO AND FROM SIDEWALK. TELL ME
WHO THIS IS. THIS IS WALKER
WHO'S WITH THE ORGANIZATION
SAY IT'S ALL MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH VOLUNTEERS HELPING GET
ATHLETES FROM POINT A TO POINT
B, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT FOR
ALL OF OUR ATHLETES IS
TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S HOW DID
THEY GET TO COMPETITION
>> IN MONEY RAISED THROUGH
EVENTS COULD YET WHICH HELPS
COVER THE COST OF COMPETITIONS
AND ENSURES NO ATHLETE EVER
PAYS. AND THE DAY WE HAVE
53,000, GREG'S IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA THAT BENEFIT
FROM SPECIAL OLYMPICS EVERY
DAY. ALL 100 COUNTIES. WEATHER
ON THE FIELD OR 19 STORIES HIGH
WELL THING EACH AND EVERY
THREAT SCHEIDT IN WAKE COUNTY,
GREAT TEVA, WRAL NEWS, SUCH
A GREAT CAUSE. THERE'S STILL
TIME TO DONATE AND SUPPORT
ATHLETES ALIKE. GREG, ALL
ACROSS OUR STATE.
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