Robert Cummings:
CLASS OF 1974
Richards High SchoolClass of 1974
Oak lawn, IL
Robert's Story
After graduation I attended the United States Air Force Academy. After the Air Force I severed as a firefighter/paramedic for a number of years. I was hired by IDOT and served 30 years as a Traffic Ops Mgr. Also during this time, I married and had two great kids, a girl and a boy. On July 1,1987 while responding to an accident I was involved in a traffic accident where my rescue squad was hit by a semi truck. I was pinned inside for 2 hours. I suffered SCI at L5-S1, total disassociation of my pelvis, spreading of my intestines, bladde...Expand for more
r and urethra. I'll stop here but there's more. Dr's said I would to live the night. However, this accident was on a Wednesday afternoon. When WMBI radio did the afternoon traffic report the public relations officer for ISP informed them of my condition. As some of you know, Wednesday night is Prayer/Bible study night for many churches. By 7pm that night, there were churches all over the world praying for me and my family. Inthe years that followed there have been 42 surgeries, years of therapy. But by the grace of God I'm still here.
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