The word "POWER" can be used figurately or literally when applied to people. In the case of Paralympians, both are appropriate. In Beijing and Tokyo, I documented athletes from around the globe coming together to participate in the greatest of athletic competitions.
Their backgrounds are as diverse as the countries and cultures they come from. To be eligible to compete in the Paralympic Games, an athlete must have at least one of 10 physical or intellectual impairments.
Some were born with these conditions, while others acquired them through disease or accident. But what they all have in common is the superior athletic ability and the drive to put themselves in front of the world at the Paralympics. In other words, it was not only their physical prowess but the mental fortitude that got them there.
On February 24, four days after the end of
