{"id":200849,"date":"2019-04-28T12:34:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T17:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=200849"},"modified":"2019-04-25T23:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:56:32","slug":"dwayne-johnson-down-syndrome-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/dwayne-johnson-down-syndrome-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson: Friend with Down syndrome is ‘The Rock’s rock’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of a series on the 50 Game Changers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tells the story of how he began lifting weights. It all started with his friend Milton McBride Rosen, who has Down syndrome, and whom he met when he was about six years old.<\/p>\n

Johnson shared a video from ESPN with his fans on Instagram this month, calling it a “special story” about a “lifelong friend” and “brother.” “If there’s one person who’s my hero, one person from the time I was six years old. When we first met we hugged and we became like brothers. And he has not only inspired me but inspired so many people,” Johnson said of McBride Rosen. “So I guess in a phrase, he’s “The Rock’s Rock.”<\/p>\n

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A special short film from @ESPN, @SevenBucksDS, @RocknRobinTV that tells the story of my lifelong friend, hero and @SpecialOlympics athlete — Milton McBride Rosen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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