Jordan senior Chris Huss never has had anything come easy. He has overcome many obstacles since being born 18 years ago.
Huss recently finished 92nd in the Class 1A boys' cross-country state meet with a time of 17 minutes, 20.9 seconds over the 5,000-meter course at St. Olaf College in Northfield. He became only the second boy in school history to run in the meet.
Huss was born with syndactyly (webbed fingers) on his left hand. Six months later, he underwent surgery on the hand and lost two of his fingers when they could not be separated.
A little more than two years later on Valentine's Day in 1997, Huss suffered cuts to his face, a broken leg and a traumatic brain injury when his family was involved in a deadly automobile accident. His mother, Sue, was killed.
Huss spent time in an induced coma, and was in Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul for nearly two months. He had to be taught how to eat, walk and talk all over again.
Here is a closer look at the "miracle kid" appropriately named by his father, Robert:
The best movie I've seen in the last year? "The Blind Side."
Three words or phrases my friends or teammates might use to describe me? Perseverance; patient; hard working.
