PRESS RELEASE – PTSD AWARENESS – FIRST STEP HOPE

JULY 23 – 24th (11 am start)  ENGLISH BAY –  FIRST STEP HOPE FORMER BC FIRST RESPONDER RAISING AWARENESS TO PTSD by flipping a 400 pound tractor tire several kilometres while shackled in over 50 pounds of solid steel chain. On July 23rd- 24th,Terrance Joseph Kosikar will be flipping his tire in English Bay and […]

Who was the man in chains, flipping a tire at the BC Legislature on Canada Day

Originally By Victoria Buzz – July 5, 2016  – Click here to read original article Terrance Joseph Kosikar is 43-years-old and lives in the beautiful back-country mountains of British Columbia, Canada. On the opening day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, a luge athlete by the name of Nodar Kumaritashvili, was killed during a training run at the Whistler Sliding […]

**HUGE SUCCESS** at Magic Bike Ruedesheim Germany raising awareness to PTSD

  **HUGE SUCCESS** at Magic Bike Ruedesheim Germany raising awareness to PTSD Together with – Two Capitols Chapter – Harley Owners Group Germany. Friday night, just before midnight and I had just laid down to bed when I heard the buzzzzzz from my cell phone. Yes, the Lion has a cell phone now, believe it! […]

First responder to Olympic luge accident hopes to shine light on PTSD – Globe and Mail

Originally published in The Globe & Mail here. Six years after the death of a Georgian luge athlete on the opening day of the 2010 Olympics, the first responder who tried to save him is still wrapped in the chains of post-traumatic stress disorder. On Saturday, Terrance Kosikar, 45, finished Breaking the Chains B.C., a […]

B.C. first responder finishes tire-flipping journey – CTV News

Originally posted CTV News Vancouver here A British Columbia man who was the first responder to a horrific luge accident during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics has finished a personal journey that he undertook in memory of the athlete who died. Terrance Kosikar arrived at the base of Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler on Saturday, completing […]

With Respect to The Kumaritashvili Family and In Memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili

Chapter 1: When the dark night Delivers the day Opening day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Trust me when I say, I know this was very sad and heartbreaking video to watch, I have had to live with this hurt, loss and feeling for 6 long years. Yes, even still to this day I teared […]