>> THIS SUMMER MARKS 200 YEARS 
SINCE JOSEPH SMITH THE FOUNDER 
OF THE LDS CHURCH UNDERWENT AN 
EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY THAT'S 
CREDITED WITH SAVING HIS LEG 
FROM BEING AMPUTATED AND TODAY 
THE SMITH FAMILY HONORED THE 
DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED THAT 
PROCEDURE.
SAM PENROD WAS THERE.
>> AS HUNDREDS OF RUNNERS BEGAN 
A 5 K THROUGH THIS IS THE PLACE 
HERITAGE PARK, IT WAS A SPECIAL 
MOMENT FOR DAVID LONG COPE AN 
ANCESTOR OF DR. NATHAN SMITH 
WHO, IN 1813 OPERATED ON JOSEPH 
SMITH'S LEG 
>> I'M A PHYSICIAN AS WAS MY 
FATHER AND HIS FATHER, AND IT 
GOES BACK.
THERE'S BEEN DOCTOR EVERY 
GENERATION SINCE NATHAN HE WAS 
THE FIRST 
>> SEVEN GENERATIONS THE DOCTOR 
TRAVELLED TO UTAH TO REPRESENT 
HIS FAMILY AS NATHAN SMITH IS 
HONORED. 
>> ESPECIALLY THE PHYSICIAN TO 
APPRECIATE WHAT HE WAS DOING 200
YEARS AGO IS TRULY AMAZING.
>> OSTEOMY LIGHT IS IS A 
TECHNICAL TERM. 
>> JOSEPH HARRIS HAD TEN 
SURGERIES ON HIS LEG, THE NAME 
CONDITION NATHAN SMITH TREATED 
IN 7 YEAR OLD JOSEPH SMITH.
>> IT GAVE ME ANOTHER MEANING TO
RUN.
I LIKE RUNNING BUT ALSO FELT 
THAT I HAD TO PARTICIPATE 
BECAUSE I HAVE A SIMILAR THING 
>> JOSEPH'S MIRACLE RUN WAS 
SPONSORED BY THE SMITH FAMILY 
ASSOCIATION TO HONOR THE DOCTOR 
WHO PIONEERED WHAT WAS AN 
EXPERIMENTAL BUT LIFE-SAVING 
OPERATION.
>> THAT SURGERY WAS MORE THAN 
100 YEARS AHEAD OF ITS TEAM.
IT WASN'T ACCEPTED OR UNDERSTOOD
UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR ONE THAT 
THAT'S WHAT WOULD SAVE 
SOMEBODY'S LEG AND THEIR LIFE 
>> WE LOOK AT IT AS A FAMILY, AS
MAYBE THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THE 
RESTORATION. 
>> ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD ALSO
A DESCEND ANT OF JOSEPH SMITH 
SENIOR CREDITED DR. SMITH ALONG 
WITH JOSEPH'S FAMILY FOR 
SUSTAINING HIM THROUGH THE 
TERRIBLE DISEASE. 
>> A MARVELOUS EVIDENCE OF THE 
FAITH OF A FAMILY, FATHER, 
MOTHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND 
THEIR PRAYER AND SUPPORT OF 
THEIR LITTLE BROTHER, WHO HAD A 
MISSION WHICH WE ALL CELEBRATE. 
>> TWO FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER 
TO COMMEMORATE A MOMENT 200 
YEARS AGO THEY BELIEVE IS 
HISTORIC.
SAM PENROD, KSL-5 NEWS, SALT 
LAKE CITY.
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RUN WILL 
GO TOWARDS A NEW SCHOLARSHIP IN 
DR. NATHAN SMITH'S HONOR AT THE 
DART MOUTH MEDICAL SCH
