In 2000 I working for large big box retail store as a shipping clerk and we had deliveries on a daily basis.
On of drivers was Bill Cornish from UPS and we would have conversation about sports specifically hockey on most days.
He shared many stories about the Great One Wayne Gretzky on how he and his wife took care of him for many years.
In the beginning we didn't really take him seriously until he brought proof via pictures and small memorabilia.
He actually game me a hat from the Atlanta Olympics that I still have today (see below)
Years later Wayne Gretzky was doing a speech at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and at one point he mentioned "I would like to thank the Cornish's"
I was like wow it was really true
In 2021 I finally read the book Gretzky (see below) it was an in dept book that Jim Taylor wrote about the journey Wayne Gretzky and his entire family throught
It mentioned in detail the role the Cornish's played as legal guardians played and the epic court battles that occurred to allow Wayne to play in Toronto while his parents lived outside Toronto
Moral of the story: You never know who you will meet in the journey of life.
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