Source: Devin Heroux, CBC Sports, August 29, 20117
Canadian snowboarder is flying to Australia to begin rehab on the slopes
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is flying to Australia Tuesday night to get back on his snowboard and begin his Olympic podium push, five months after suffering a horrific injury in an off-trail crash near Whistler, B.C.
“This injury makes me appreciate life,” McMorris said. “The fact that I was given another opportunity, I can wake up every day and realize it can be so, so much worse.”
Image Source: Canada’s Mark McMorris suffered a fractured jaw, fractured left arm, ruptured spleen, stable pelvic fracture, rib fractures and a collapsed left lung in an off-trail crash near Whistler, B.C., in late March. (Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images)
