"Part of the car stayed with me, and the other part left, with parts of me in it, Zanardi recalled in his autobiography My Story (2004)."
"Zanardi almost bled to death, losing all but one litre of his blood. His heart stopped three times before he got there."
"Declaring that his crash was an opportunity to start all over again, Zanardi drove for BMW in the European and World Touring Car Championships between 2003 and 2009."
"After a scant three weeks of rehabilitation, he decided to enter the New York marathon himself, riding a handcycle."
Alex Zanardi, who passed away at 59, was a renowned Formula One driver and two-time CART champion. After losing both legs in a 2001 racing accident, he became a Paralympian, winning four gold medals in hand-cycling. Zanardi's accident occurred during a race in Germany, where he suffered severe injuries but was saved by quick medical intervention. He later returned to racing, symbolically completing laps he had missed, and designed his own prosthetic limbs. His journey of resilience and reinvention made him an inspirational figure.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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