To infinity...and beyond

lookout123 · 09-10-2008, 01:11 PM

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Walter Marino shouted to his 12-year-old son, Christopher, as he drifted farther away in the Atlantic Ocean.

A Coast Guard crew found Christopher three miles away from where his father was rescued.

"To infinity," the father yelled.

"And beyond," Christopher replied.

After a rip current swept the boy and his father out to sea Saturday, darkness fell, and the sound of rescue helicopters and boats grew faint until they were nonexistent.

Despite the danger, Christopher, who has autism, was enjoying himself, his father said. The boy lacks a fear of death because of his autism and finds comfort in the water, Marino told CNN.

Marino finds comfort in his son. Their unique circumstances helped keep them alive for more than 12 hours in the open ocean, Marino said.

Very cool.

classicman · 09-10-2008, 01:22 PM

Wow - that's amazing.

Flint · 09-10-2008, 01:27 PM

Well I could have told you that Autism is a super-power.

footfootfoot · 09-10-2008, 01:32 PM

Mrs. Foot did direct care for two men with Autism for several years. She's got some stories about the super human shit they pulled off.

Makes you wonder how much of our "limitations" are created in our minds.

09-10-2008, 01:22 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wow - that's amazing. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-10-2008, 01:27 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Well I could have told you that Autism is a super-power. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-10-2008, 01:32 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Mrs. Foot did direct care for two men with Autism for several years. She's got some stories about the super human shit they pulled off. Makes you wonder how much of our "limitations" are created in our minds. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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