When Eddie Sr was about 14 of 15, he had a motorcycle. He had two friends that also had motorcycles. One guy was Don Kinard and the other I think was Kenny something. They loved to ride their motorcycles fast out on the open road. One day, Eddie was riding his motorcycle to school and he was only going about 25 miles per hour down in front of the high school. Before he knew what happened, the high school principal cut him off while turning into the parking lot. The principal hit Eddie and drug him down into the parking lot. Eddie had one foot and ankle wound around the wheel of the principal's car and the other ankle and foot caught in the pokes of his motorcycle wheel. His ankle was hanging around backwards broken. It took a couple of hours to get his feet out of the car wheel well and his ankle out of his motorcycle. He was in a leg brace for almost a year and then they put on a metal leg brace. It put him behind one full year in high school. For quite a while, when we dated, I drove because his leg was still in a brace. When Eddie went into the military, his leg swelled up while he was doing KP duty. They were willing for him to get out of the service, but he refused. He wanted to serve his country and felt in time it would get better and the leg did get better. That leg was smaller than the other for a long time, but after a while the leg filled out and looked the same. Of course he had a huge scar.
The dog is Mark Anthony. The picture in the background is of Marion Rainey.
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