There are few stories as inspiring as the story of Jose Florian, a former Columbian soldier, who had his arms and a leg blown off by a bomb, and became as a consequence of this and the help and support of so many a paralympic champion and superhero of Columbia. In his own words Florian said:
"In Colombia, people with amputations are called mochos. When I started cycling, I said to myself that if we have heroes like Superman or Batman, why can't I be Mochoman?"
Already an accomplished swimmer and cyclist, Florian calls the bomb that nearly killed him "a gift of life and my second birth".
But I think it's not the bomb but the bicycle that gave him that possibility of renewal. That, and the many people who have tirelessly worked to help him get on it.
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