PONCE INLET, Fla. - The churning surf was nothing compared to the emotions stirred up on the beach at Winterhaven Park Saturday.
Hundreds of children, most of them with autism, arrived quiet and subdued but came to life when they hit the waves for free surfing lessons provided by Surfers for Autism, a nonprofit organization that travels the east coast putting on these huge group events.
"I stand in the shallows and weep with joy," Mary Cancel said of watching her 8-year-old autistic son Anthony surf. "(I feel) the love and support."
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