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  • Both sides cheer run of a lifetime for special player [re; human interest]

    11/01/2002 8:55:37 AM PST · by Stand Watch Listen · 4 replies · 354+ views
    Dayton Daily News ^ | November 1, 2002 | Cathy Mong and
    McDERMOTT | Coach Dave Frantz doesn't know what all the fuss is about. But 17-year-old Jake Porter has humbly become everybody's hero. "I need a nap," the affable Jake, sporting his red and black Northwest High School leather jacket, said Thursday after school, between a newspaper interview and talk show on Cincinnati radio. Jake was born in Dayton with chromosomal fragile X syndrome, which causes mental retardation. But that hasn't stopped Jake, who lists his favorite subject as track. Everyone loves Jake because he brings out the best in human nature, Frantz said, as was demonstrated late in a football...