· While in college in 2004, Brian Boyle was in a car accident that almost took his life. He died eight times on the operating table and was told he may never walk again. Boyle would eventually return to collegiate swimming and, this year, took on the challenge of the Ford Ironman World Championship.
· At the age of 64, Charlie Plaskon believes that “Anything is Possible.” He demonstrates that Ironman mantra as a blind athlete who competed on behalf of the C Different Foundation, with his guide, and multiple Ironman finisher, Matt Miller.
· Also the victim of a tragic vehicle accident, Atlanta-native Scott Rigsby, arrived in Kona this year with the dream of becoming the first above-the-knee double-amputee with prosthetics to finish the Ford Ironman World Championship.
· Most well known from the television show, The Bachelor, LT. Andy Baldwin, a naval officer and physician, added another Ironman World Championship finish to his resume.
· The 2007 Broadcast also pays tribute and a final farewell to the Ironman World Championship finisher, Jon Blais, who passed away last May after battling the incurable disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
