http://cornellsun.com/taxonomy/term/979/feed en http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2008/04/25/inspiration-from-tragedy <p>I started to cry. I haven’t cried in a long time.</p> <p>I don’t know why it happened, but something about his story leveled me. It made me horrified, saddened, inspired and reflective, all at the same time. Maybe you’ll feel the same way.</p> <p>Adam Frey, a junior and Cornell wrestler, has always been a man of incredible physical and mental strength. On March 25, only a few days after competing in the NCAA championships, Adam was in a car crash. A car came at him in the wrong lane, and going 55 mph his car fishtailed, rolled, hit a tree and sent him flying to the back of the vehicle.</p> <p>The first time I read the words describing this, I was sitting in my chair at my desk, unaware of what I would learn next. It was Thursday, two days after the accident.</p> <p><a href="http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2008/04/25/inspiration-from-tragedy">read more</a></p> http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2008/04/25/inspiration-from-tragedy#comments Sports Column adam frey cancer cornell cornell athletics Wrestling Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Josh Perlin 30200 at http://cornellsun.com