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Episode #24: Austin Hatch- Adversity is Opportunity
Austin Hatch is a survivor. A two-time plane crash survivor, he epitomizes
what it means to be resilient. In 2003, at the age of 8, Austin’s mother,
sister and brother were tragically killed plane crash. Eight years later,
with many hours of hard work, the 6’6” basketball phenom was offered a
college scholarship from his dream school, University of Michigan. Just
nine days later, Austin would be aboard a plane with his father and “second
mother” (he never considered her a step-mom) and this plane too would go
down, killing both his parents and leaving Austin in a coma with severe
injuries including traumatic brain injury.
Today, I was so honored to speak with Austin and hear him talk about how he
made it to the University of Michigan through tireless work, unrelenting
positivity that “a miracle is going to happen” and belief that he was truly
blessed to have had all of his amazing family members in his life.
We can learn so much from Austin’s outlook as we parent and raise adults
about what it means to be optimistic, even in darkest of times and what the
belief in yourself and gratitude for the gifts you have been given can do
for you.
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By Kirsten Jones, Bleav
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Austin Hatch is a survivor. A two-time plane crash survivor, he epitomizes
what it means to be resilient. In 2003, at the age of 8, Austin’s mother,
sister and brother were tragically killed plane crash. Eight years later,
with many hours of hard work, the 6’6” basketball phenom was offered a
college scholarship from his dream school, University of Michigan. Just
nine days later, Austin would be aboard a plane with his father and “second
mother” (he never considered her a step-mom) and this plane too would go
down, killing both his parents and leaving Austin in a coma with severe
injuries including traumatic brain injury.
Today, I was so honored to speak with Austin and hear him talk about how he
made it to the University of Michigan through tireless work, unrelenting
positivity that “a miracle is going to happen” and belief that he was truly
blessed to have had all of his amazing family members in his life.
We can learn so much from Austin’s outlook as we parent and raise adults
about what it means to be optimistic, even in darkest of times and what the
belief in yourself and gratitude for the gifts you have been given can do
for you.
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsten-jones0/support
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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