Lane also loved little kids.
“Lane and Ted Nuce [fellow champion bull rider] would
visit hospitals and hand out Teddy Bears. They talked to
several kids and this one little kid they were talking to, I’m
not sure if it was a boy or a girl, but the little kid laughed
at something they did and the little kid replied to Lane
and when they walked away the nurse told them, ‘That
kid has been here for six weeks and he has never said a
word until today,’” Mrs. Frost said. “It makes you wonder
but we know that God had a plan. God could see the big
picture.”
Many of his fans have seen the Movie 8 Seconds starring
Luke Perry as Lane Frost, and know how the movie
ends. For those who haven’t seen it, during a ride at
the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, Lane made it to
8 seconds atop the bull Takin’ Care of Business. After
dismounting, Lane fell and the bull hooked him in the
ribs. On July 30, 1989 at the young age of 26, Lane Frost
passed away from his injuries on the arena floor.
“We do have to give the movie credit. It wasn’t exactly
like we wanted it to be because it didn’t mention he was
Christian but we do have to give it credit,” Mrs. Frost said.
“It’s amazing how many kids watch it. When I first saw it I
thought, well, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be but
little kids aren’t going to like it. Boy was I wrong.”
Lane’s dad, Clyde, and her have honored their son by
attending the National Finals Rodeo annually.
“We go to the Finals every year. Even after Lane died, we
just felt we needed to be there because that is where his
friends were and that is where we would have been if he
had been alive. We never stopped. We’ve not missed the
Finals. That is our vacation every year.”
When asked what she remembers about her son the
most, it is him running around.
“I just remember he was always in a hurry doing things,”
his momma said, “I remember when he would come in
and he’d tell his dad, ‘I’m going to be home for a couple
of days so line up some work for us to do.’ He wanted
to be busy.” If he got in late, he would sleep late but he
was always busy. He would get up and run to the barn, a
quarter mile away from the house. Instead of driving, he
liked to stay in shape and run to the barn, run back over
here and he’d ask me to fix him something to eat and then
he would go again. It’s like I te