During a recent holiday trip to Northern California from his home in Liberia, Africa, Lee collapsed at the Central Valley home of his sister Rosemary Evans and was rushed to Eden Hospital in Castro Valley where he is in very serious condition awaiting surgery. The situation is worsened due to the fact that Evans doesn't have any medical insurance to cover the costly surgery he is facing. "We're trying very hard to reach out to people all around who can help us get Lee the financial help he desperately needs during this troublesome time," says Ron Davis, a longtime friend and coaching collegue at the University of South Alabama and in Nigeria, Africa..

Ron Davis and Dave Zirin, author of The John Carlos Story have been on a two-man crusade to raise public awareness of Lee Evans' dire health condition. "As a celebrated U.S. Olympic hero and upstanding citizen, we have to all roll up our sleeves and find a way to help Lee get through these hard times. With all the technological advances we've experienced over the last century, its a shame that everyone on this planet doesn't have adequate health care--which should be a universal human right," comments AUP executive director Doug Harris.