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Luna, come here.
Come here, take it.
Henrique Sousa - Motorcycle accident at 14
Fox, come here.
"I am because I dream", a movie by Ricardo de Sousa.
I started riding motorcycles since I was four years old.
When I was forteen I had an acident.
An accident, in a race.
It was expected that I could never ride again, but that didn't happened.
Motorcycles make me feel free. For some moments I forget that I'm handicapped.
Today we ride moto 4 because of my incentive, since I have my own team.
When my brother races, I feel like if it is me who is riding.
I know that he races to show that our path didn't end with my accident.
Whe are just carrying on what we enjoyed doing, which is racing and competing.
My accident was in a regular racing, my motorcycle got out of control and I fell.
When I tried to get back to my feet, I just couldn't do it.
Almost In that instant I realized what just happened.
I didn't need nobody to tell me how bad the situation was.
I knew that the injury was bad.
But I faced the situation and today I make my life in a regular way.
Sílvio Nogueira - car accident at 19
- Not joking, the guy has screwed his arm.
- It was my fault.
- He was complaining about that arm.
-That was an excuse that he made, so people wouldn't annoy him.
- The last time he went there, they totally...
- To Sintra.
- He miss a lot.
- He spent all the trip laughing about it.
When I decided to study in Gaia, I met a fantastic friend, almost a sister, called Bina.
And she envited me to play Basketball.
I refused right away because I saw it and told to myself that it would be something I would not do, since it was too violent.
In 2004, I had the enourmous pleasure to travel to Atenas, Greece. There I watched the paralympic games.
There I saw people that were in worst conditions than mine, and I told to myself: Damn if they do it, so can I.
Braga.
How's it going?
Hello.
Yes, i'll be going to Gondomar first, then I'll go to my practice.
See you.
It happened on a turn. The tire just blew and the car capsized.
I remember flying out of the van and falling.
When I tried to get a hand of my self, I saw the van flipping two times and falling over me.
Meanwhile my friends got out of the van. They lifted the van and pushed me backwards.
I might have been upset during that time, but if it was the reverse situation, I would do just the same.
In a moment like that one, you just don't think.
Dreams...
I am not stuck on the ideia of walking again.
I try to take my life being more truthfull. I think that's the way to go.
And I think is this way wehave to face live.
I try to take the most out of life.
Fortunatly I had the opportunity to be alive, I could be dead.
And so I try to take life to its fullest.
I take every opportunity and challenge that I can.
If I can't handle it it's not a big deal, I will not be discouradged.
But I fell happy and get to the next challenge.
And I hope that my story can help other people.