Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal — until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar.
Watch the video and answer the following questions.
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- Where was Janine and what was she doing when the accident happened?
- How was she carried to hospital?
- When did the internal bleeding stop?
- Was the operation successful?
- Could Janine still go to the Olympics?
- Where was she transferred after she was out of intensive care?
- How many other people were there?
- What was amazing about their situation?
- Why did the nurse give them the plastic straws?
- How long did Janine stay in hospital?
- How did she feel after she got home?
- Why being next to Maria in the spinal ward had been a blessing for Janine?
- What was the creative project Janine was now about to start?
- Where did she get the idea of learning how to fly?
- What feeling did she experience on her first flight when the airplane took off and they were flying in the air?
- What did Janine achieve just under 18 months after she had left the hospital?
- What did she have to do before she was able to create a new life?
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