Shake-A-Leg provides sailing experience for children
MIAMI (AP) — Harry Horgan has made clear his commitment to helping children of all abilities and walks of life: As co-founder and president of Shake-A-Leg Miami, he has spent nearly 30 years getting children into boats and out onto Biscayne Bay.
Horgan himself is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, and is committed to helping those who find themselves in similar situations. "We believe that the water has healing and rejuvenating qualities, and so putting children in the water changes things," he said.
Shake-A-Leg began in 1990, and formed a partnership with the city of Miami to turn a run-down, underutilized park into a premier boating center catering to people with special needs, Horgan said.