Toronto man’s way of giving back
He skated for 19 hours and 26 minutes because his mother was born in the year 1926.
He had applied a few strategies to avoid the extreme cold weather.
He pretended he was ice-fishing because that was one of his favourite hobbies.
He told CBC Radio's Metro Morning, he's "fished in worse."
For the duration of the skate, McNeil was listening exclusively to rock band AC/DC, as he felt that music also helped.
The idea of skating during extreme cold weather occurred to him while he was refereeing a hockey game five and a half years back. He felt this was the way he would like to give back.
It is McNeil’s fifth year of skating.
In the midst of biting cold he consoled himself by thinking that he does it only one day a year whereas he had seen people go through such circumstances every day to take care of their ageing parents.
He had been hoping that some day some councillors or the mayor might join him in his endeavours.
So far McNeil was able to raise $2000, according to his fundraising page for the Alzheimer's Society of Toronto.
McNeil twittered, “Thanks mom for teaching me what ever it took to get the job done #thanksmom #1926skate#myarmyagainstalzheimers”
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj, Image of Steve McNeil: Twitter)
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