CONCORD, N.C. – Shane Hmiel doesn’t know if he will walk again. He doesn’t know exactly how he will be involved in racing again. He doesn’t even know why he’s alive.
There’s one thing Shane Hmiel believes, though: He’s lucky, despite an Oct. 9 accident in a Silver Crown car that damaged his brain and spinal cord.
He might not know for another four or five years how much he will need the wheelchair he currently has to use, but the 31-year-old Hmiel has an incredibly upbeat attitude about his life.
“I’m a very, very fortunate person,” says Hmiel, the son of longtime NASCAR crewman and current Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Competition Director Steve Hmiel. “Yes, I got injured. But if I wasn’t fortunate, I wouldn't have been driving the best dirt Silver Crown car in the country. … I’m a very fortunate human being. I honestly believe that every day.”
see artical:
http://www.scenedaily.com/news/artic...ous_crash.html
07-30-2011, 08:51 AM
people without firm convictions will lose their rights first. stand up for what you belive in -
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