Joe Kay rides his bike at Stanford, looking for 'normal'

By Patrick Finley

Arizona Daily Star

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.27.2007

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Joe Kay wants to be typical.

He doesn't want his name to be followed by the clause, "who suffered a stroke three years and three months ago after being trampled when Tucson High School fans stormed the basketball court."

At 21, he doesn't want to explain the effects of his stroke to everyone he meets in college. The brain injury resulted in his right side being partially paralyzed.

The golf cart that kept him from blending in for two years has been replaced by a silver bicycle. He learned to ride it while home this year for spring break, mastering the balancing act for the first time since the accident.