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In 1976, the austrian Formula One racer Niki Lauda was involved in a fiery crash at the German Grand Prix.
Taking a 150 mph turn, he swerved off the track and hit a fence.
His racing car exploded into flames.
Another car crashed into his vehicle.
The Associated Press reported what happened next.
The race was restarted, but for Lauda, it was a race for life.
While his fellow drivers jockeyed for position, he was being rushed to an intensive care unit with severe burns, fractures and lung damage.
Surgeons pronounced he was near to death and last rites were administered.
But Niki Lauda refused to give up.
He not only came back from near death, but in the weeks that followed, he staged one of the most astonishing recoveries in sports history.
Just 40 days after doctors had given up hope and a priest had knelt at his bedside, the austrian ace climbed back into the cockpit of his glaring red Ferrari.
Niki Lauda returned to the track barely a month after he was presumed dead.
His medical recovery had more to do with his iron will than with master surgery.
In an interview, Niki Lauda made clear that quitting was not something he ever considered.
First week after the accident, I couldn't.
Take any decisions at all because it was too bad.
And after, when I was feeling good, I wanted to race again.
The annals of sports and business and science are filled with stories like this.