On September 15, 2001 Zanardi was in the lead of a racecar race, when he suddenly lost control of his car and the engine blew. He then got hit by an oncoming car that split Zanardi's car in two. He was immediatley rushed to the hospital, where they were forced to amputate both his legs off. Zanardi said that he automatically thought he could never do what he loved anymore.
Well, he figured a way, and since he has won several gold medals in the summer 2012 olympics for handcycling. Zanardi had a dream and he wasn't going to let anything get in the way of that. So he decided to create his own bike, that would suit him best. Alex Zanardi is very inspiring to me, because even though he thought things couldn't get any worse, he choose to make the best of it. This story tells me that all things are possible, and you are put on this earth for a reason.
video: http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/international/2012/11/01/human-to-hero-alex-zanardi-paralympic-formula-1.cnn
source: http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id/8341623/paralympics-alex-zanardi-story-just-got-better
Dang that is pretty cool but scary I wouldn't have been able to handle that.
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