http://witnify.com I was there. Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 http://witnify.com/featured-lou-gehrig/#comment-26060 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:09:47 +0000 http://witnify.com/?page_id=45957#comment-26060 […] The film, long stored in canisters and boxes in Paul Hardart’s mother’s house in Bronxville, N.Y., portrays a playful Gehrig four years before amyotrophic lateral sclerosis fully eroded his athletic skills and forced him to retire. On July 4, 1939, an emotional Gehrig delivered his “luckiest man” farewell address between games of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium. Gehrig was the image of heartbreak when he made the speech — a weakened man in a baggy uniform choking up and wiping tears from his face as he thanked his family, teammates, managers and even the groundskeepers. […]

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