How many lives can one person expect?

Cats have nine lives. Did I deserve more?

Pants on fire at age of 8.

Wahconah Falls Jump from 40 ft. At 14.

Motor Cycle crash.

St.. A,s Jump of 100 feet on graduation day from college.

Water Skiing crash into dock.

Head on collision with woman driver cutting across 4 lanes on Westfield St. in West Springfield.

Fell downstairs while my mother was on her dead bed.

Head on collision with 18 wheeler on Montgomery St in Westfield.

Stage Four cancer scare 2009..

Near Decapitation while exiting kayak under dock at Misquamicut Beach, R.I.

During Boot camp in Navy at age 17, grew 4.5 in. +45.lbs in 10 weeks.

During Suez Crisi in 1957, I slept in a cockpit of jet plane for 28 nights. Rewarded by being picked to pose with Jayne Mansfield.

Endured a hurricane at sea on flight deck of aircraft carrier tethered to 4 Inc. cable, fore & aft as well as port & starboard.

Dated 40 blond girls, saw a cute brunette.

Danced with her & went home and told parents I had met my future bride.

Completed 26.2 marathon 2 years after my wife said that I was getting chubby.

Skied ten runs in minus 40 degree temp with 10 mph wind.

Shot a hole in one over water with a borrowed club.

At age of 68, ran my last of 50 road races.

For last 18 years have averaged 150 miles per yr. Swimming.

Last July, at age 85, swam 31 miles in 31 consecutive days and raised over $2,000.00 for St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.