Il miracolo dell’atleta disabile Monique van der Vorst

In this photo taken Sept 12, 2008 Monique van der Vorst, wearing a neck brace after suffering a car crash, is powering down the roads of Beijing on her way to silver during the 2008 Paralympic Games in China. Almost half her life, van der Vorst was wheelchair bound until a freak accident in spring training 2010 sent uncontrollable, spastic shudders through her legs. It was as if a jumper cable set her old body in motion again, the body she had before she became paralyzed barely a teenager. Now at 26, she is starting a third life, literally learning how to walk and, hopefully, run again, dealing with fortitude she no longer held possible. (AP Photo/Mathilde Dusol) MANDATORY CREDIT