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Twenty four hundred volts blasted through his body, exiting
through nine different wounds, including his hand, head and
chest. He was thrown to the ground, unconscious and alone, in the
middle of nowhere.
When he came to, "I didn't know where I was or what happened.
I only knew I had to survive, had to walk out of there. It's like a
newborn baby—it knows to breathe but it doesn't know why. But
as long as we breathe, we have choice, power and free will."
When I asked him where he found the strength to survive and
walk out after his horrific accident, he told me "ere's no real
answer for that. You can't go buy a bottle that says 'this helps you
walk out of the woods. ere's no prescription for that." Somehow
he managed to walk out three miles and found help.
Eduardo was shattered. "I was a bag of bones" he says. He was
airlifted to the burn center in Salt Lake City. "I spent forty eight
days in the ICU. For the first five days I was fighting for my life." On
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DUARDO GARCIA IS THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE PHRASE "WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER."
Eduardo has endured levels of injury, pain and hardship that few people will ever experience.
Eduardo did not sign up for this. On October 9, 2011, while enjoying a fall day bow hunting alone near Paradise Valley, Montana,
Garcia was electrocuted by a hidden power line. He had found a dead bear and, curious about it, Garcia touched the bear with his knife.
e result was instantaneous and devastating.
by PHIL KNIGHT
E D U A R D O G A R C I A ' S M I S S I O N
First triathlon finish
with Challenged
Athletes Foundation.
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