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The Road Less Traveled

The prospect of death can be a scary thing. Cheating death can be even scarier.

For Alejandro Albor, staring death in the eye was not just the sign of a confused adolescent looking for a way out, it was the beginning for a man who in the face of adversity would overcome skeptics and give hope to others like himself.

After spending his childhood in Mexico and the United States, Albor was faced with incredible hardship. At age 18, he decided to take his life. With nowhere else to turn, Albor drove his car in front of an oncoming train. The accident did not cost Albor his life, but took his legs.

Since the time of his accident, Albor, a U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Team member, has made believers out of doubters and has become a testimony to the drive, strength, and will some people possess when faced with life's most difficult circumstances.

"It comes from my background of having the desire to win and to overcome the challenge that is in front of me," Albor says. "You can always finish a race, but that's just average. I don't have that. Right now, the strength and the drive to finish first is right there."

An athlete all his life, Albor had aspired to be a Mexican Olympic Soccer Team member. Not one to limit his possibilities, he has dabbled in everything from boxing to kayaking, wheelchair basketball, and handcycling.


Learn more about Albor's role in development of the first handcycle more than 20 years ago and what he is doing with that knowledge today.

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