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>> THIS SUMMER MARKS 200 YEARS
SINCE JOSEPH SMITH THE FOUNDER
OF THE LDS CHURCH UNDERWENT AN
EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY THAT'S
CREDITED WITH SAVING HIS LEG
FROM BEING AMPUTATED AND TODAY
THE SMITH FAMILY HONORED THE
DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THAT
PROCEDURE.
SAM PENROD WAS THERE.
>> AS HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS BEGAN
A 5 K THROUGH THIS IS THE PLACE
HERITAGE PARK, IT WAS A SPECIAL
MOMENT FOR DAVID LONG COPE AN
ANCESTOR OF DR. NATHAN SMITH
WHO, IN 1813 OPERATED ON JOSEPH
SMITH'S LEG
>> I'M A PHYSICIAN AS WAS MY
FATHER AND HIS FATHER, AND IT
GOES BACK.
THERE'S BEEN DOCTOR EVERY
GENERATION SINCE NATHAN HE WAS
THE FIRST
>> SEVEN GENERATIONS THE DOCTOR
TRAVELLED TO UTAH TO REPRESENT
HIS FAMILY AS NATHAN SMITH IS
HONORED.
>> ESPECIALLY THE PHYSICIAN TO
APPRECIATE WHAT HE WAS DOING 200
YEARS AGO IS TRULY AMAZING.
>> OSTEOMY LIGHT IS IS A
TECHNICAL TERM.
>> JOSEPH HARRIS HAD TEN
SURGERIES ON HIS LEG, THE NAME
CONDITION NATHAN SMITH TREATED
IN 7 YEAR OLD JOSEPH SMITH.
>> IT GAVE ME ANOTHER MEANING TO
RUN.
I LIKE RUNNING BUT ALSO FELT
THAT I HAD TO PARTICIPATE
BECAUSE I HAVE A SIMILAR THING
>> JOSEPH'S MIRACLE RUN WAS
SPONSORED BY THE SMITH FAMILY
ASSOCIATION TO HONOR THE DOCTOR
WHO PIONEERED WHAT WAS AN
EXPERIMENTAL BUT LIFE-SAVING
OPERATION.
>> THAT SURGERY WAS MORE THAN
100 YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TEAM.
IT WASN'T ACCEPTED OR UNDERSTOOD
UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR ONE THAT
THAT'S WHAT WOULD SAVE
SOMEBODY'S LEG AND THEIR LIFE
>> WE LOOK AT IT AS A FAMILY, AS
MAYBE THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THE
RESTORATION.
>> ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD ALSO
A DESCEND ANT OF JOSEPH SMITH
SENIOR CREDITED DR. SMITH ALONG
WITH JOSEPH'S FAMILY FOR
SUSTAINING HIM THROUGH THE
TERRIBLE DISEASE.
>> A MARVELOUS EVIDENCE OF THE
FAITH OF A FAMILY, FATHER,
MOTHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND
THEIR PRAYER AND SUPPORT OF
THEIR LITTLE BROTHER, WHO HAD A
MISSION WHICH WE ALL CELEBRATE.
>> TWO FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER
TO COMMEMORATE A MOMENT 200
YEARS AGO THEY BELIEVE IS
HISTORIC.
SAM PENROD, KSL-5 NEWS, SALT
LAKE CITY.
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RUN WILL