Il miracolo dell’atleta disabile Monique van der Vorst

Monique van der Vorst poses near her wheelchair at the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. 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/Bas Czerwinski)