{"id":56,"date":"2010-02-23T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/winter-olympics-kevin-pearce-miracle-survivor-and-snowboarder.html"},"modified":"2010-02-23T12:25:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T12:25:32","slug":"winter-olympics-kevin-pearce-miracle-survivor-and-snowboarder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/02\/winter-olympics-kevin-pearce-miracle-survivor-and-snowboarder.html","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics: Kevin Pearce, Miracle Survivor and Snowboarder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/video\/assetid=968d9b05-075e-42f8-9d7d-76960fe9fff7.html\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"196\" alt=\"kevin-pearce.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/import\/imgs\/kevin-pearce.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/><\/span>NBC showed a moving tribute to snowboarder Kevin Pearce<\/a> yesterday night, with news anchor Tom Brokaw interviewing the Pearce family.&nbsp; Pearce was considered one of the best snowboarders bound for the Winter Olympics, and the only one who may have beaten Shaun White for the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Five months ago, Pearce was interviewed as being excited to represent Team USA at the Olympics.&nbsp; By December 31, 2009, while practicing one of the new snowboarding tricks, Pearce&#8217;s head struck the lip of the halfpipe upon landing.&nbsp;&nbsp;If not for the helmut he was wearing, Pearce may have died on impact.&nbsp; He&nbsp;sustained a&nbsp;severe traumatic brain injury and remained unconscious&nbsp;and in critical condition&nbsp;for six days&nbsp;while his parents and his 3 older brothers gathered, humbled by the experience,&nbsp;in support.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s special about Pearce is the endless amount of &#8220;kindness and patience&#8221; he has&nbsp;for David, the third Pearce brother&nbsp;who has Down syndrome.&nbsp; Shown teaching David how to&nbsp;skateboard, Pearce is described by another brother&nbsp;as having a reservoir of &#8220;determination, good will&#8221; and being &#8220;best natured.&#8221;&nbsp; The bond between Kevin and David is undeniable; David wishing his brother good luck and telling all the doctors to take good care of him.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Peace has now regained full consciousness, his speech, vision, and physical coordination&nbsp;are affected and full recovery&nbsp;will take some time, making his future in snowboarding uncertain.&nbsp; Still, the return of&nbsp;his infectious smile&nbsp;gives hope to&nbsp;his family and to the fans who have rallied to encourage him on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Well-Wishes-to-our-Frend-Kevin-Pearce\/232366118918\">Facebook page created by his parents<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here&#8217;s to Kevin Pearce for Winter Olympics 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Kevin Pearce:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/video\/assetid=968d9b05-075e-42f8-9d7d-76960fe9fff7.html\">Video: Tom Brokaw&#8217;s Tribute to Kevin Pearce<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinpearce.com\/\">Website: KevinPearce.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Well-Wishes-to-our-Frend-Kevin-Pearce\/232366118918\">Facebook: Well Wishes to Kevin Pearce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC showed a moving tribute to snowboarder Kevin Pearce yesterday night, with news anchor Tom Brokaw interviewing the Pearce family.&nbsp; Pearce was considered one of the best snowboarders bound for the Winter Olympics, and the only one who may have beaten Shaun White for the gold medal. 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