On November 8, 2013 a massive typhoon ravaged the Philippines. Jason Yu lost everything and turned to basketball in his darkest moment. On November 8, 2013 the strongest typhoon ever to make landfall hit the Philippines killing over six thousand people and leaving a nation in ruins. Just days after the catastrophe, while dead bodies still littered the streets, an unexpected thing occurred. A pick-up game of basketball broke out. A group of young men, including Jason Yu who had just lost his entire family, found a basketball rim in the rubble and used debris from their decimated homes to prop it up. On this day, basketball became more than a game, it was a lifeline, an exercise essential to survival. Source: Fox Sports Live
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:55:41 +0000
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