Pope writes to Alex Zanardi, saying his life is a ‘lesson of humanity’

ROME — Pope Francis has composed to previous System Just one driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi, who is in intensive treatment soon after struggling severe head injuries in a handbike crash on Friday, telling him his lifetime is a “lesson of humanity.”

In a handwritten letter posted by the Gazzetta dello Sport, Pope Francis claimed the fifty three-yr-outdated, who turned to handbike racing soon after dropping each legs in a 2001 Champ Car crash in Germany, was an example of how to stay lifetime to the fullest.

Zanardi is an inspirational determine in the worlds of motorsport and Paralympics, a hugely preferred and positive competitor who returned from lifetime-modifying injuries with a smile.

He has gained a full of four Paralympic gold medals, two every at London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

“Dear Alessandro, your tale is an example of how to be successful in setting up once again soon after an sudden quit,” claimed the letter. “By sport, you have taught us how to stay lifetime to the total, earning incapacity a lesson of humanity.

“Thank you for supplying power to people who experienced missing it. At this agonizing time, I am near to you, I pray for you and your spouse and children.”

Zanardi is currently being dealt with at the Santa Maria alle Scotte clinic in Siena. The most modern clinic assertion on Tuesday claimed that his affliction remained serious but steady.