What happened to Randy Gardner

He describes the unrest downtown, the burning of the rotc building on campus, and the demonstration held on may 3.There are many different ways to get famous.She was in cedar rapids when she got the call from her son saying randy was alive, but was being airlifted to the hospital and she needed to meet them there immediately.Lisa gardner, randy's wife, was the last to find out what happened to him.This podcast is the first time he has spoken publicly about what happened that night, and has asked us to not use his last name.

Decades ago, randy gardner stayed awake for 11 days.Gardner, though, was hurt less than two weeks earlier.Randy gardner (1946) was a young american who rose to fame in the 1960s when he decided to break the world record for hours in a row without sleep.In 1963, randy stayed awake for eleven days — breaking the world record for going without sleep.At the 1980 olympics, the pair, who were favorites to win, had to drop out of the competition due to gardner badly pulling his groin muscle.

Gardner, though, was hurt less than two weeks earlier.After waking up at 6 am, he challenged himself to stay awake until the beginning of the 8th of the following month.That was the thinking in the 1960s, and that was the thinking i had, said randy gardner.