{"id":696,"date":"2017-10-15T05:35:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T05:35:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-10-15T05:35:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T05:35:33","slug":"tribute-why-roy-nasrs-legacy-in-dubai-will-never-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/feature\/tribute-why-roy-nasrs-legacy-in-dubai-will-never-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute: Why Roy Nasr’s Legacy In Dubai Will Never Die"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nToday marked the 5th anniversary of the Roy Nasr Memorial Triathlon at the Jebel Ali resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On\u00a0September\u00a06, 2013 Roy Nasr, a triathlon champion, was out cycling near Nad Al Sheba with members of the Tri Dubai\u00a0triathlon\u00a0group he had co-founded, when they were hit by a car from behind at\u00a05.30am\u00a0by a drunk driver. Nasr was tragically killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old\u00a0Lebanese man left behind his wife and two children. The heartbreaking story shook the emirate at the time and tributes poured in. It is still a reminder of the dangers on Dubai roads, but more than that, Roy Nasr’s legacy now lives on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The legacy we leave in this world is a subject often discussed and considered at the end of life. It’s also something that comes up in a different respect when living as an expatriate in the UAE. ‘What will I leave behind? What do I have to show for it? In what way will I remember my time here? How will I be remembered here?’<\/p>\n
Without getting too philosophical, the Roy Nasr legacy is alive and well based on today’s event, and if it’s a reflection of the man he was, then it’s a very fine legacy indeed.\u00a0<\/p>\n