Marlon Shirley was the first amputee sprinter under 11 seconds for the hundred meters. He stood on top of the world with gold in 2000 and 2004, but his story of being the son of a prostitute and a pimp, of running with gangs, of adoptinon, of breaking the Paralympic high jump record before he even knew what the Paralympics were and the story of redemption through sport and the love of his family.