The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 6th, 2002
Carrying a torch
Local residents overcome hurdles for their Olympic moment
By MARY JO DIEM
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, January 6, 2002
Two-tenths of a mile isn't far. Two, three blocks tops. An average person could run it in a few minutes.
But for two Racine County residents, carrying the Olympic torch that distance on its way to the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City -- or just running two-tenths of a mile -- is a kind of miracle.
Dan Kristiansen, 16, a junior at Racine Case High School, is a survivor of bone cancer. In November of 2000, breathing difficulties in a biology cla...
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