Glenn Cunningham

Glenn Cunningham  was born in Atlanta, Kansas in 1909. He is considered by many the greatest American miler of all time. He went through a tragedy turned miracle. His legs were severely burned in a school fire at age 8. His brother who was then 13 died in the fire. His legs and feet were destroyed. They wanted to cut off his legs but his parents did not allow it. He was told her would never walk again. With a large sum of faith and determination he learned to walk and eventually run with a new kind of therapy. He competed in the summer  Olympics of 1932 and 1936.and won many medals and achievements.