THE
THE FIRST
THE FIRST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO BRING BACK LIVE 4@THEATER AN IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW IT
IS DONE SAFELY IN THE MIDDLE OF
A PANDEMIC.
>>> FIRST, LAST NIGHT MAINE
LEARNED THAT TRAVIS ROY HAS 4@
DIED . HE DREAMED OF PLAYING
DIVISION I HOCKEY IN COLLEGE
AND GOING ON TO THE NHL.
>> IT WAS 4@OCTOBER 1995, JUST
SECONDS INTO HIS 4@FIRST GAME 4
THE NHL WHEN HE CRASHED INTO
THE BOARD AND BECAME PARALYZED.
FROM THAT DAY ON HE WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO HELP 4@THOSE WITH
SPINAL CORD INJURIES. 4@4@
ENCOURAGING OTHERS, ESPECIALLY
STUDENTS, TO HAVE COMPASSION
AND GOALS.
>> IN A 2016 4@HE WAS INDUCTED
INTO THE MAINE HALL OF FAME 4@.
AND GOALS. >> IN A 2016 4@HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MAINE HALL OF FAME 4@.@
HE WENT TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS
AT KENNY BUCK 4@4@MIDDLE SCHOOL
>> THEY ARE VERY NICE HONORS.
AND IT A SPECIAL FOR 4@ME BECAU
I HAVE NOT PLAYED SPORTS 4@IN 2
YEARS AND I 4@IDENTIFY MYSELF
STILL AS AN ATHLETE.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF
NEAT TO RECOGNIZE THE KIND OF
THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE.
IT IS BACK OVER THE PAST 4@20
YEARS, IS IT HARD TO GET PEOPLE
TO MAINTAIN THE INTEREST AND
ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR CAUSE GIVEN
THAT THE START OF THIS IS SO
FAR AWAY NOW?
>> SURPRISINGLY, IT HAS ALMOST @
GOTTEN EASIER.
I AM NOT 4@SURE WHY.
I THINK IT IS MORE THAN JUST A
FLASH IN THE 4@PAN.
WE STARTED THE FOUNDATION 4@AND
IT IS MORE THAN JUST A FLASH IN
THE PAN.
I AM PROUD OF THE TRACK RECORD
THAT WE 4@HAVE BUILT.
WE FUND SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH
AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE 4@
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE COME UP WITH MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO 4@PAY F
COMPUTERS AND WHEELCHAIRS.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE 4@CAN
DO WITH 4@DISABILITIES.
>> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE HAVE
COME A LOT FURTHER IN 4@
UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND APPRECIATING
PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE INSIDE?
>> I THINK WE HAVE COME A LONG
WAY.
IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING, WHETHER
>> I THINK WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY. IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING, WHETHER@
IT ISPEOPLE OR TRANSGENDER OR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 4@
OR ETHNICITY.
I FEEL LIKE WE 4@4@HAVE BECOME @
MORE OPEN AND WILLING TO
UNDERSTAND.
AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND, THERE IS NOT QUITE
AS 4@MUCH JUDGING.
WHICH IS GREAT.
>> YOU WERE AT A 4@MIDDLE SCHOO
AND YOU WERE 4@TALKING ABOUT
SETTING GOALS AND MOVING
FORWARD WITH THOSE GOALS.
AT ONE OF YOUR GOALS WITH THE
FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE IT PEOPLE
POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO
AT ONE OF YOUR GOALS WITH THE FOUNDATION IS TO MAKE IT PEOPLE POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO@
PLAY SPORTS AGAIN.
IS HARD TO MAINTAIN HOPE OVER
THIS KIND 4@OF TIME?
>> IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
IT IS 4@HARD TO MAINTAIN HOPE.
IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT PROGRESS
IS NOT 4@MOVED FASTER.
20 YEARS AGO, ANYTHING SHORT OF
WALKING 4@AND PLAYING HOCKEY
AGAIN WAS JUST NOT GOING TO BE
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
I 4@WILL SAY, 20 YEARS LATER,
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO 4@WALK
AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO AND PARALYSIS.
BUT IN MY LIFETIME, I DON'T
KNOW.
AND THAT IS, QUITE FRANKLY, A
LITTLE DEPRESSING TO ADMIT TO
THAT.
BUT IF I COULD JUST MOVE MY
FINGERS OR MY ARMS OR IF I
COULD GET MYSELF DRESSED.
IF I 4@COULD DRIVE.
BUT FOR ME, A CARROT WOULD BE 4@
FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE.
IT WOULD BE PRETTY UGLY BUT IF
I DON'T NEED 24/7 4@HOME CARE,
PEOPLE IN MY HOUSE, IF I DON'T
HAVE TO RELY ON MY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY TO 4@HELP ME, 4@THAT WOU
PUT A BIG SMILE ON 4@MY FACE.
THERE WILL BE A GENERATION
THOUGH THAT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT
PARALYSIS IS.
AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN.
BECAUSE 4@THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE 4@
FINANCIAL MEANS THAT THEY ARE
STRUGGLING 4@AND SUFFERING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
DO WHEN YOU COME TO THE SCHOOLS
AS YOU SHOW YOUR STORY TO THE
KIDS SO THEY 4@CAN RELATE TO YO
AND YOU CAN RELATE TO THEM.
I SAY THIS KNOWING THAT 4@WE AR
ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
IS IT HARDER TO RELATE TO KIDS
THAN IT USED TO BE?
>> A 4@LITTLE BIT.
BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT.
TO SITS 4@IN THE GYMNASIUM TODA
>> A 4@LITTLE BIT. BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT. TO SITS 4@IN THE GYMNASIUM TODA@
I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF IF I
HAVE THEIR ATTENTION.
THOSE KIDS 4@WERE GREAT IN THEI
THEY WERE LISTENING.
AS LONG AS I CAN BE IN A ROOM 4@
LIKE THAT AND FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE CONNECTED 4@TO 4@ME, IT FEE
REALLY GOOD.
>> WHAT IS YOUR GOAL WHEN YOU
LEAVE A SCHOOL LIKE THAT?
>> I WANT THEM TO BE MORE OPEN-
MINDED AND NOT SO JUDGMENTAL.
I WANT THEM TO COME AWAY WITH
VALUES AND WHAT'S 4@PRIDE MEANS
MINDED AND NOT SO JUDGMENTAL. I WANT THEM TO COME AWAY WITH VALUES AND WHAT'S 4@PRIDE MEANS@
TO THEM.
SETTING GOALS CAN BE VERY
CLICHCBUT 4@I AM A HUGE
BELIEVER.
PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN GETTING
ME WHERE I WAS WHEN I PLAYED
AND WHERE I 4@AM SINCE.
A LOT OF THINGS I TALK ABOUT
OUR SIMPLE AND BASIC THAT I
TRIED 4@TO PLAN AROUND MY LIFE
AN ATHLETE.4@
BUT ALSO THE ROLE THAT 4@THEY C
PLAY IN YOUR LIFE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE 4@4@THEM RE
THEY HAVE HEARD EVERYTHING
BEFORE.
AND WHAT I HAVE SHARED.
BUT HOPEFULLY I SHARED 4@IT IN
DIFFERENT WAY THAT LEFT A BIT
MORE OF A 4@LASTING