The Incredible Story of Brad Hurtig -- "FIND A WAY"
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Brad Hurtig was a student-athlete in a small town in Northwest Ohio. Only days after finishing his sophomore year of high school, a devastating accident resulted in the amputation of both of Brad’s hands.
Through hard work and determination Brad soon rejoined his high school football team. In his senior year, Brad led his team defense, recording 111 tackles and received all-state honors all while playing with no hands. Brad’s inspirational story of triumph quickly captured national headlines.
Now Brad is taking his life-changing message to students across the nation.
On this episode of the podcast, Brad shares his incredible story of having both of his hands amputated, how Christ has helped guide him, what "if you're thirsty, you'll find a way" means to him in his life, and why he's so passionate about sharing his story to help others.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 0:59.6 | Today on the podcast, we welcome Brad Hurtig to the show. Brad is an author and a motivational speaker. |
| 1:07.0 | His book is called Find Away, how a water bottle took me from amputee to all state. Within months |
| 1:14.8 | of losing both of his hands, Brad rejoined his high school football team and within a year |
| 1:21.0 | and a half regained his starting linebacker position, led the team in tackles, and earned first |
| 1:26.7 | team all Ohio honors. Brad's story, |
| 1:31.6 | Brad's message is centered around an influential story that took place between himself and his |
| 1:36.3 | football coach. And it's unbelievable how Brad was able to overcome and continue to overcome even to today the loss of both of his |
| 1:48.3 | hands. And this is one of those stories that has a sports connection. Certainly Brad was a high |
| 1:55.2 | school linebacker, but it goes way beyond that. And his faith and trust in God in suffering as traumatic of an accident as you can suffer |
| 2:05.5 | 17 years ago when Brad was just a teenager. |
| 2:09.3 | And now he travels around the country last year, over 200 speaking events to tell those that will listen, including and mostly including teenagers, |
| 2:21.1 | the importance of faith, the importance of trust, the importance of finding a way, the |
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