Back from the dead and competing in the Ironman
“His organs had been knocked sideways; his shoulder, pelvis and ribs were broken; and more than half the blood in his body was lost. He spent two months in a medically induced coma at Prince George’s Hospital Center, was revived from death eight or nine times, lost 100 pounds and endured 14 surgeries, 36 blood transfusions and being told he would probably spend the rest of his life as a paraplegic.”
An incredibly motivating story. Click and read, it’s worth it.