Glenn Cunningham

             Glenn Cunningham

Glenn Cunningham was born augus4, 1909 and died March 10, 1988.  He was born in Atlanta Kansas. He was eight years old he was in a fire with his thirteen year old brother Floyd. His brother died in the fire. Glenn had a lot of damage done to his legs. The damages where so bad that they recommended amputating his legs but his parents didn’t want to. It took him a really long time to walk. But he never lost faith. He started to walk again in the summer of 1919. Then he set a world record for the mile run at 4:06.8. His story has imparted me to never give up on my dream. Yes sometimes it could be hard but we got to keep our heads up high and do our best it’s always worth the hard work at the end.