Air Jordan 5 Doernbecher
Nike has teamed up with OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to help celebrate the life of Isaac Arzate, with the release of the highly exclusive Air Jordan 5 Retro Doernbecher Freestyle "Isaac Arzate".
Isaac Arzate was a talented young athlete who pitched a no-hitter in baseball and savoured an undefeated season in basketball. In January 2012, Isaac suffered a cardiac arrest at basketball practice and was sent from Salem to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, where doctors discovered a previously undetected abnormality that is one of the most common causes for heart attacks in young people.
After recovering from open-heart surgery, Isaac was invited by OHSU Doernbecher to be part of the 2012 Freestyle program. During his rehabilitation from surgery, he began sketching designs for an Air Jordan 5 Retro, highlighting his interests and experiences. He also became well enough to don his jersey and watch his basketball team from the bleachers, occasionally getting to shoot around during breaks in the game. Then in April 2012, 12-year-old Isaac tragically suffered a second heart attack, and did not survive.
Nike and the Arzate family have worked together to honour the legacy of Isaac by bringing his Jordan 5 dreams to reality.
The kicks will feature Isaac’s jersey numbers, 9 for baseball on the left shoe and 31 for basketball on the right. The inside of the tongue features Isaac’s initials, and the dates of his birth and passing. Several parts of the shoe glow in the dark, including the eyelets, lace toggle, outsole, Nike Air unit and quarter panels.
One of the standout details of the shoe is noticeably the black patent leather upper covered in a black light ink-printed poem Isaac wrote just a day before his passing. "My team. My family. We are brothers forever. No matter what."
Limited quantities of the Doernbecher Air Jordan 5 Retro will be sold on Nike.com beginning Saturday, Sept. 14. Each pair includes a flashlight to complete the glow-in-the-dark effect, inspired by Isaac’s love of video games.
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