Jacqueline I’m Not Afraid she is a Kenyan athlete of great ability. She wins a lot of competitions. She is a star of the first magnitude. She also runs to March 2010. Participate in the Zheng Khai International Marathon (42.5 miles), China. There are fifteen hundred runners. Among them there are two hundred foreigners from twenty-six countries.
During the race she finds herself next to a Disabled athlete weakened by dehydration and missing both hands. He asks for help but no one helps him, not even his fellow countrymen. She stops and offers him water losing first place in the competition and the sum of ten thousand dollars prize. Human support takes place from mile ten to thirty-eight. Another Kenyan takes advantage of Jacqueline’s slowdown and overtakes her to take first place.
As soon as the help to the disabled athlete ends, Jacqueline resumes the race four kilometers from the finish line. In second place he receives the prize of six thousand dollars instead of ten thousand. Having left her high school studies incomplete, with a large family, victories become a source of income. The generous gesture pays a price that she has never complained about. After this episode that she read as a sign, the athlete has subsequently dedicated much of her time to assist people with disabilities.
Subsequently, he obtained important competitive results, but his true victory is that generous gesture that made her immortal. A decision that has overshadowed the obsessive deification of competition, of conflict between people.
Altruism, compassion, sharing and humanity won. Taking this photo made her famous all over the world.
Updated June 28, 2024 at 10:46 am
