Dad, please forgive me for being a "snail boy"

October 2, 2019, Oman Sabah Valley. The 27-year-old British guy, Gary Hunt, stood on the edge of a 27-meter-high cliff and jumped into a clear water pool at 85 km per hour. He took off, aired and entered the water. His The performance was very good, and finally defeated 11 top talents from all over the world in one fell swoop, winning the lively applause from the audience.

At the end of the game, Hunter stood on the podium of the World Cliff Diving Competition as the annual championship. When the host asked him what he thought, Hunter actually said to the microphone, word by word: "At this time I just want to say to my father, please forgive me for being a 'snail boy'!"

It turned out that when Hunt was three years old, he played with several children in the neighbors. There was a child who was going to snatch the toy pistol from Hunter's hand. He was not prepared, throwing a sharp stone and hitting Hunter's head. Seeing the blood of Yin Hong dripping down, Hunter was frightened and burst into tears. From then on, he stayed in his room every day, no longer went out, almost did not speak, his parents took him to run a lot of hospitals, and finally was diagnosed as "autism", it is difficult to cure.

In a blink of an eye, Hunter arrived at the age of admission. Under the repeated encouragement of Dad, Hunt finally picked up his schoolbag. Unexpectedly, after a few days in school, he cried and refused to go. It turned out that the classmates found that Hunter always liked to stay in the seat, did not participate in any activities, and walked very slowly when he walked. He simply gave him a nickname, called "Snail Kid."

Dad comforted Hunter and said, "Don't be afraid, what's wrong with the snail?" Say, take out an animal anecdote and point to the picture above: "Look, the world can reach the top of the pyramid, only male. Eagle and snail. The eagle's wings are very powerful, so you can fly freely and reach the top of the pyramid very easily. The little snail, carrying a small house, does not seem to have any advantage of climbing, but it is tenacious. Perseverance, climb a little every day, keep going, and finally reach the peak of your dreams!"

"So, as long as you have a dream, dare to challenge yourself, be a snail, there is nothing terrible!" Dad's short and powerful words, like a sunshine, quietly opened Hunter's closed heart. Soon, when Hunter watched TV, he accidentally saw someone performing a cliff diving. When the performer fell into the water after many times in the air, he was fascinated by the beautiful splash. Shout: "I have to learn!"

Cliff diving is a special test for the player's psychological and physical factors. It is not just a matter of guts. What's more, Hunter is a very autistic patient with a lot of courage. How easy is it to learn this skill? Dad didn't agree, but he was moved by Hunter's insistence and nodded.

From then on, in addition to normal schooling, Hunter's schedule was arranged to be particularly full, to run and exercise, to practice more talk, to climb the mountain. At the age of 13, Hunter became a member of the Cliff Diving Club and began a more intense training. At the age of 15, Hunter won the championship in a national junior group cliff diving competition and began to receive media attention.

In 2019, Hunter signed up for the "World Cliff Diving Competition in 2019". After five passes and six hurricanes, he finally stood on the podium again. This is the moving scene at the beginning of this article. When Hunter, who had already emerged from the shadow of autism, expressed his sincere confession, Dad came out from the audience: "Dear, you are a snail with a dream, a 'good boy' in the eyes of everyone, we are proud of you!" Embracing together emotionally, the applause sounded enthusiastic applause and lasted for a long time.