Sam saved the life of rookie Pat Moon
He's a hero! He stopped on the trail and saved a man's life in -5 degree temperature.
The last thing rookie musher Pat Moon remembers is running strong with his dogs down into Dalzell Gorge. He doesn't recall hitting his head on a tree. When he regained consciousness he saw his "guardian angel," fellow musher Sam Deltour, who got him safely to the next checkpoint.
Late Tuesday night Moon was resting in an emergency room bed, waiting for an MRI and other tests. He says he'll be in Nome to watch the finish, and he hopes to visit some of the checkpoints along the way to cheer on the mushers he raced alongside.
Moon, who has cancer and postponed chemotherapy to mush in this year's Iditarod, said "If I show as much enthusiasm and courage as my team did running this race, that's not going to be a problem anymore."
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Comments
Wonderful
This story is a wonderful example of the sportsmanship and comaraderie exhibited by Sam, and also by the sport as a whole. You're a winner in my eyes!
Thanks so much for stopping
Thanks so much for stopping and helping Pat out. You are a hero in the truest sense of the word.
That was very awesome of you
That was very awesome of you
Vernomen via een artikel in Het Nieuwsblad
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We blijven duimen voor Sam vanuit Mechelen. Go SAM Go!
Groetjes Bjorn&Annelies&Liv&Vic
Artikel Het Nieuwsblad
Belg helpt sledehondenrenner in nood
De Belg Sam Deltour (24) neemt momenteel deel aan de Iditarod 2010, de zwaarste sledehondenwedstrijd ter wereld waarbij met zestien honden 1.600 kilometer door Alaska wordt afgelegd.
Ondanks het wedstrijdelement blijkt vooral de solidariteit te primeren. Sam, een student geneeskunde, zag woensdag een andere deelnemer bewusteloos op het ijs liggen. Pat Moon uit Chicago was een halfuur voordien met zijn slee tegen een boom gecrasht en had het bewustzijn verloren. Deltour schoot te hulp en kon de man in moeilijke omstandigheden in veiligheid brengen. Pas na enkele uren zette de sportieve Belg zijn weg voort.
Bron: Het Nieuwsblad, 11 maart 2010
Bron: De Standaard, 11 maart 2010
Sam becomes hero of the Iditarod 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Rookie musher Pat Moon of Chicago was injured when he crashed his sled into a tree Tuesday while competing in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Belgian musher Sam Deltour found Moon unconscious on the trail, attended to him and then checked on the 33-year-old man's team, according to Iditarod spokesman Chas St. George.
Deltour said Moon soon regained consciousness. He was flown to Providence Hospital in Anchorage, where he received a checkup.
The race spokesman said Moon's 15 dogs were not hurt but he has been scratched from the race.
Moon had decided to take on the more than 1,150 miles of frozen trails even though he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last year. He underwent chemotherapy in the summer.
Dit artikel verscheen hier ook in de kranten.Ondertussen maakt Pat Moon het al veel beter. Hij was deze morgen terug in het Millennium Hotel in Anchorage aan het ontbijt. Ik was vandaag downtown in Anchorage en onze Hero Sam is overal de talk of the town !!!
Sam!
I am not at all surprised to hear that Sam did this for his fellow musher. My family and I had the honor of meeting Sam at a visit to the Seavey kennel last June and Sam was our guide. I found him to be quite an amazing young man, sincere and earnest in his work and his passions. He clearly cared for the dogs in a way that I didn't see in other trainers or mushers. Perhaps it is his medical training or maybe he's just a truly amazing person but I think it may be both. Sam we are proud to have met you and will follow you every step of the way.
Best of luck for a safe and rewarding race.
The Shea Family
Florida