An Inspiration

How many times do we hear about someone this giving being taken so unfairly?

• "I want people to know that he's a great man and gave the Chicago police a great name," said Mazen Istanbouli, a DePaul University professor and close friend of the officer. "He was a giver. He never thought of himself and always thought of others."
  
  Istanbouli, who is blind, said he and Soderberg had known each other for about three years and met because they shared a love of running. He said the officer helped him train and competed by his side in triathlons in New York and Chicago, running, biking and swimming alongside him and serving as his guide.
  
  The two most recently ran together this spring at a race for fallen police officers in Chicago. Istanbouli said he brought up Soderberg's name earlier Wednesday because he wanted the officer to accompany him at an upcoming bicycle race.

Not just training and participating in triathlons, which is incredibly demanding. But doing it with someone who would otherwise have no chance of ever fulfilling their ambition to run, swim and bike because of crappy hand life dealt them.

This should be Thor Soderberg's legacy. He helped others succeed and overcome obstacles and live their dreams. Truly an inspiration to all he touched.

And we should also never forget that he was stolen from us by someone with none of that.