WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT PAT RUMMERFIELD
"It took him three years to learn how to walk again. Seventeen years after the accident, he was running. But not just around the block, Rummerfield was running triathlons including the most grueling of all - the IronMan in Hawaii."
- Pete Peterson, FOX sports Director, St. Louis (Host/Contributing Editor MotorSports Weekly)'Pat's spirit, has totally captured the hearts of Southern California.'
- Jim Hodges, L. A. Times"Quitting is not in this guy's vocabulary."
- Gary Graves, USA Today"Most people who have the same neck MRI as his are in a wheelchair."
- Dr. John McDonald, Director, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury located at Kennedy Krieger Institute an affiliate of John’s Hopkins."Finishing any marathon is tough. Finishing the Antarctica Marathon is extremely tough. Finishing the Antarctica Marathon after being diagnosed as a quadriplegic is a miracle."
- Sal Ruibal, USA Today"Pat Rummerfield, who struggled through 17 years of physical therapy after an automobile accident, finished the marathon in 6:48:10, remarkable considering he fractured his leg from falling into a crevice on Collins glacier near the start."
- Kim Puntillo, New York Times