He's an average guy, a recreational athlete who probably will never make another sports headline.
But that doesn't matter to Keith Fitz-Gerald, who realized 20 seconds after finishing the recent Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon that he had done something special.
Fitz-Gerald had come within "a couple foot-pounds of pressure" of shattering his spine eight years earlier. A martial artist, he got his head and shoulder protection equipment caught with his opponent while sparring, and his neck got compressed and ripped sideways, he says.
The injuries would have spelled the end to many athletic careers. But Fitz-Gerald, now 41, fought back through patient rehabilitation and martial arts, and eventually engaged in triathlons, all the while dealing with pain and limited flexibility in his neck. After winning a lottery to enter the prestigious Escape From Alcatraz, he took it on.
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