As we celebrate US Ski Team World Cup wins and the miracle of Bode Miller’s brush with disaster at the dreaded Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuhel, Austria and Lindsey Vonn’s #1 Overall Ladies Alpine ranking, we mourn the passing of a freestyle champion, Sarah Burke, who despite prayers from fans, family and friends, succumbed on January 19th, nine days after a training crash at Park City, Utah.
We'll miss you, Sarah, and you will always be an inspiration.
I read in the Huffington Post that “Shortly after Burke’s passing, her family opened up a website to accept donations to help defray the substantial medical bills accrued during her hospital stay. According to the Los Angeles Times, the goal is to raise $550,000 to cover the medical costs. Huffington Post, 1/21/2012.”
This website http://www2.giveforward.com/sarahburke.html currently says that “enough money has already been raised and that future donations will go toward post-hospital arrangements such as services and memorial costs and to establish a foundation to honor Sarah’s legacy and promote the ideals she valued and embodied.”
