Resultados para "The Accident" en Biografías y memorias

La desgarradora crónica sobre el fatídico accidente que sufrieron tres espeleólogos españoles en el Atlas marroquí «Un grito breve y seco ha silenciado la cascada. Durante unas décimas de segundo me quedo paralizado, intentando escuchar cualquier sonido que me ayude a entender ese alarido...

Cincuenta años después de la tragedia de los Andes, los sobrevivientes narran cómo lograron superar lo insuperable. El 13 de octubre de 1972 un avión de la Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya se estrelló en la cordillera de los Andes. Iban a bordo cuarenta y cinco personas, dieciséis de las cuales...

On a sunny spring day, in an ordinary kitchen, Rosemary answers an unexpected phone call. A car has hit her husband, Hugh. Rosemary arrives at the hospital just in time to see him before he's rushed into surgery. Thinking of their twin daughters, Rosemary pleads with her unconscious husband as he lies on a gurney. "Don't you leave me Hugh Rawlins. Anna and Mary need you. I love you." Overwhelmed, but determined to bring Hugh back home, Rosemary leans on family and friends as Hugh endures two emergency brain surgeries, a coma, and a confused awakening.

This is a story of a young man's first car accident. It's what everyone who hasn't experienced their first accident dreads. This is where you can peer into the world of a stranger and see how they might have felt during a scary incident.

By Accident is a story about discovering that control is a seductive illusion and how letting go of the need for it can reveal great strength and lead us to even firmer ground.

I was so excited to see Marco—really see him. Just get away and be us. But when I ran out front and saw him on the bike, my very first reaction was no. I always felt yes when it came to hopping on the back of the bike with Marco. Something felt off. I didn’t know what. I can’t explain what happened next in any way other than by saying that this was always supposed to happen. It was always going to happen. I could not learn my lessons. Marco could not learn his lessons. I could see him—I could see the guard rail. The train tracks. The river. The rocks. The road.

Facing life or death, Kim summoned her angels. They saved her life. After a nomadic childhood as the daughter of a military veteran who treats his undiagnosed PTSD with alcohol, Kim survives the trauma of sexual assault, spousal abuse, addiction, and co-dependency to become a nurse and a runner...

Écoutez le nouveau best-seller recommandé par le New York Times ! La recherche unique de l'admirable résilience du cerveau humain présentée par Dr Jill Bolte Taylor dans "Voyage au-delà de mon cerveau : Une neurobiologiste victime d'un accident cérébral raconte ses incroyables découvertes." С'est un peu difficile de croire que le spécialiste du cerveau est devenu la victime d'un traumatisme cérébral. La femme incroyable qui a pu se remettre d'un AVC et écrire le livre.

The moving true story of Linda Crosby, an accident survivor who was left permanently and totally disabled, and Roy Crosby, her devoted husband and caregiver, The Day My Life Changed: An Accident Survivor offers a glimpse into the lives of an everyday couple whose love endured and thrived, even in the most impossible odds.

When a stranger who turns out to be his niece receives an extra 23andMe test by mistake, it changes Alex Blum's life forever. At the age of sixty, Alex Blum made a life-altering discovery: he was the eldest of four biological brothers he never knew existed. Born in 1955, Blum had always known he was adopted, yet the secrecy of the era kept every detail of his origins sealed. Without a court order, he spent decades without a single clue about where he came from—or why he had been given up.

One of life's biggest cliches becomes a horrific reality when Douglas Segal's wife and young daughter are hit head-on by a Los Angeles city bus. Miraculously, his daughter was unharmed, but his wife faced a series of life-threatening injuries. Following the accident, Segal began sending regular email updates to their circle of friends and family - a list that continued to grow as others heard of the event. Segal's compelling memoir is an intimate and honest chronicle built around these email updates and is a profound example of how people show up for one another in times of crisis.

Acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner narrates his gripping and inspiring story of a near-fatal accident and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time. This program includes a note written and read by his daughter, Ava...

For fashion journalist Lauren (“LoLo”) Scruggs, a short flight to look at Christmas lights turned into a nightmare when she was struck by the plane’s spinning propeller blades. As Lauren was rushed to the hospital, fighting for her life, the world watched in shock and horror. Several major surgeries and thousands of prayers later, Lauren was still alive. But she had suffered brain trauma and lost her left hand and left eye. Some thought that this would be the end of everything for her, a beautiful young woman working in an industry focused completely on appearance. They were wrong.

Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they’re usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He’s worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He’s seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling.

In Recovered, pastor and author Robby Gallaty tells the story of how God radically saved him from his addictions and called him into a life of discipleship. Robby grew up in a very religious Catholic family who attended church every Sunday and confession on Saturday if needed. Very rarely did he miss a Saturday night dinner and a movie with his parents and sister Lori. You can imagine how devastated they were when Robby stole $15,000 from them to fuel his drug addiction.

2 janvier 1949, dix-huit footballeurs du bourg de Corps-Nuds, en Bretagne, revenant d'un match, trouvent la mort dans un accident. Comment cet accident annonce-t-il la journée du 22 mai où Jean-Paul Kauffmann sera enlevé à Beyrouth et détenu en otage durant trois années ? Après l'accident libanais, ce récit sur l'inexplicable s'est imposé à l'auteur.

Life is unpredictable, and some events take place. Unknown at the time, these occur for a reason. My journey started with a bike accident. This led to so many other events, and at the end of it all, I have to appreciate the fact that I fell off my bike that day. This story is about my journey through life's major challenges. How it all began, from one event that led me down a path, to so many other trials. Let my story be a comfort to you on your journey.

El accidente captura la personalidad dulce, juguetona y risueña de Gayle, cuando tenía casi tres años, estando con su madre en un almuerzo de damas con sus hijas. Su vida cambia inesperadamente por las cicatrices físicas y emocionales que quedaron después de un terrible accidente.

Early aspirations of being an accomplished musician that I had held in my heart since childhood were not encouraged as academically attainable by those who would know....

Una historia de amor y superación. "En un segundo, todo cambió para Daniela García. A los 22 años se enfrentaba a la muerte y, a pesar de su conmoción, tuvo el valor para salvarse mientras esperaba ser rescatada."