When an UAF hockey player had a similar injury a year later. Roy's father reached out and offered his encouragement. On Fri, Oct 30, 2020, 4:12 PM Michael Abegg < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I’ll echo what I responded to Rich on the Facebook “Frozen Four” group: > > While his hockey career and life were too short, his legacy of inspiration > will live on in the way he showed us all that his disability did not mean > “inability.” His fundraising and his personal contact with people have > raised the standard of living for countless lives. > > Mike Abegg > BU ‘87 > > On Oct 30, 2020, at 07:34, Richard Vehlow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Just saw it while doing my daily read of wikipedia news. Sad. RIP. Our > prayers are to him, his family and the Boston U hockey community. > -Rich Vehlow > RPI '91 '93 '02 > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 8:55 AM Todd Nielson < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> This is truly sad news. How he turned a tragic injury into a lifelong >> calling was truly inspirational. Gone too soon. >> >> Todd Nielson >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Fri, Oct 30, 2020 7:25 am >> Subject: Travis Roy >> >> Travis Roy died yesterday (Thursday, October 29): >> >> >> https://www.boston.com/sports/sports-news/2020/10/29/former-boston-university-hockey-player-travis-roy-died-obituary >> >> Tributes: >> >> >> https://www.boston.com/sports/sports-news/2020/10/29/boston-teams-athletes-pay-tribute-travis-roy >> >> Joe >> -- >> Joe Makowiec can be reached at: >> http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe >> http://makowiec.org/ >> > >