Running for My Life One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games

Lopez Lomong, Mark Tabb, Brandon Hirsch

eAudio - 2012

Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track-and-field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible; it is about faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the American dream come true and a stark reminder that saving one can help save thousands more.In this heart-wrenching story, you'll learn about:Lopez Lomong's harrowing kidnapping at the age of six, becoming one of the Lost Boys of SudanHis survival in a prison refugee camp and his miraculous escapeHow he arrived in the U.S. through the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor programLomong's journey from high-school track star to U.S. Olympic team captain Lopez Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sud...anese Civil War to a Nike-sponsored athlete on the U.S. Olympic Team. Though most of us fall somewhere between the catastrophic lows and dizzying highs of Lomong's... more