Chuck Culpepper
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it got to 79 and he really, really wanted 80 and he's 88 years old and he spent four months in hospitals and rehab centers between Christmas, Christmas day and mid April.
So it looked like this was implausible that he would attend the Derby and, and he made it, he made it in a wheelchair and with a lot of help, but he made it and he was completely exhilarated and in a,
just to see him smile for as long as he did.
As the race ended, he kept smiling for moments afterwards.
One of the most beautiful things I can think of.
It's one of the, you know, they asked me yesterday, you know, what have you, do you have any issues?
I said, I don't usually complain anyway.
I don't get into it or anything.
But I said, no, even if I could, I can't think of one.
Just flawless, this whole concept.