Their Son’s Heart Saved His Life. So He Rode 1,426 Miles to Meet Them.

Mike Cohen rode across the country to honor the man whose death made his own life possible. [ view in [browser](. add bicycling@email.bicycling.com to your address book ] [Bicycling.com]( FOLLOW US [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [You Tube]( [Their Son’s Heart Saved His Life. So He Rode 1,426 Miles to Meet Them]( It took several drafts to get the letters right. To capture her boy who, just a few short months before, had been so full of life, energy, and love. To distill him into the two dimensionality of words on paper. Three weeks earlier, the thread that held Christine Cheers's world together had been ripped clean away, sending her whole life spinning like an off-balance top. On Wednesday, February 21, 2018, someone on the other end of the phone had said the words that bring any parent to their knees: "There's been an accident." Her son, 32-year-old Navy flight surgeon James Mazzuchelli had been injured in a helicopter training mission at Camp Pendleton. If she wanted to see him while he was still alive, she needed to get on the next flight from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Diego—and she needed to pray. [READ ON]( [bicycling.com]( [A Distracted Driver Killed Two Florida Cyclists. Group Ride Members Say Her Penalty Wasn’t Nearly Enough]( The driver won’t do any jail time. One family member of a victim said, “It’s like their lives didn’t even matter. There was no justice.” [Read On]( [bicycling.com]( [Hollow Body Rocks for Core Stability]( You can do this series that will challenge your obliques anywhere. [Read On]( [bicycling.com]( [Blast Your Obliques With These 6 Russian Twist Variations]( Master the basic move, then mix up your core routine with these challenging alternatives. [Read On]( [bicycling.com]( [This Heart Problem Might Also Be a Sign of Training Burnout]( Pushing yourself too hard too fast can affect your ticker in a major way. [Read On]( [bicycling.com]( [8 Things We Learned Riding With Geraint Thomas on Zwift]( Thomas joined Zwift CEO Eric Min in an all-invited, virtual group ride Q&A. [Read On]( [bicycling.com]( ©2020 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019 [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Notice](