Defining courage

We have a tendency to toss around the word courage pretty cavalierly these days.

Then there is Jack Foley.

Foley is a trainer at Lehigh University. Last night he was honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as the Most Courageous Athlete for 2014.

And what did this trainer do to merit such acclaim.

As he usually does, Foley was tending to injuries.

Only these came at a very special athletic event. No, not a basketball or fooball game on his school's Allentown campus.

Foley was part of the medical team that was on hand to assist runners at the Boston Marathon. In the blink of an eye, his job took on a whole new meaning.

It defines courage.

Read his story here.

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