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LDS "Inspirational Pair" Asked to Carry Olympic Torch
OREM, UTAH -- Pat West and Mike Taylor have been asked to carry the
Olympic Torch on February 4th as an "inspirational pair" because of
their stories. Taylor, 55, suffered permanent brain damage from a
collision in a baseball game while on an LDS Church mission 35 years
ago. He learned to talk and walk all over again, graduated from
college, wrote a book, and has successfully lobbied the Utah
Legislature on bills and taught hundreds of people computer skills at
Deseret Industries. West suffers from multiple chemical sensitivity
and has been unable to leave her house for the past ten years. She
lives on just mashed potatoes, boiled carrots and water -- anything
else makes her sick -- and the family's food is cooked in a shed
outside her home because the gas and cooking odors would make her
ill. West hopes to be well enough for her husband to wheel her along
the route in a wheelchair.
Source:
Torch ignites hope after 10-year illness
Deseret News 17Jan02 US UT SLC P2
By Dennis Romboy: Deseret News staff writer
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