NJ math teacher, wife build nation's first sports complex for people with special needs
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Christian Kane and his wife, Mary, worked tirelessly to build the RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams in Toms River, New Jersey, which officially opened up last weekend.
Toms River Field of Dreams complex in Toms River, New Jersey. (MRC Recreation) It took five years of planning, including trying to raise $3.6 million to fund the Toms River Field of Dreams complex. (MRC Recreation) The Kanes were committed to completing the 3.5-acre project for their son, Gavin, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at just 19 months old. (MRC Recreation) On Saturday, families flooded into the RWJBarnabas Health Field of Dreams in Toms River for the first time. (MRC Recreation) The Toms River Field of Dreams complex started out as a baseball field, but the dream kept growing. (MRC Recreation)
Kane and his wife, Mary, were committed to completing the 3.5-acre project for their son, Gavin, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at just 19 months old.
Kane remembers the day vividly. On July 12, 2012, he and his son were making a left-hand turn into the Toms River North High School around 9: 30 a.m. when they were hit by a fully loaded beer truck.