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Doctors say the fact he was wearing a helmet went a long way. >> translator: i think given the violence of the shock, his helmet did partly protect him. this kind of accident without a helmet would not have reached the stage. >> reporter: schumacher reached heights that others hadnt during his career as a formula 1 driver, winning more titles, races and pole positions than any before him. he returned from a serious back and neck injury from a motorbike injury, suffering neck injuries, to race in...

Doctors say the fact he was wearing a helmet went a long way. >> i think given the violence of the shot did protect him. this kind of accident without a helmet would not have reached the stage. >> schumacher reached heights that others had not reached during his career as a formula one driver, winning more titles and races and pole positions than any before him. he returned from a serious motorbike injury, suffering neck injuries, to race in a mercedes. others paid tribute saying we all know the...

Accident where he was skiing in the french alps. and doctors are fighting to save his life. his wife and two children were at his bedside. schumacher turns 45 on friday, and had a career that spanned more than two remarkable decades. he was known as a ruthless, fearless driver, and after retiring he took his need for speed on the slopes. on the race track, seven-time formula one champion michael schumacher is now fighting for his life in a hospital having suffered severe brain injuries. >> the...

Others paid tribute saying we all know the depth of michaels fighting spirit and send him all our strength and support in this latest battle. we sincerely hope he will make a full recovery and will be with us again soon. schumachers family is at his bedside at the hospital and have released a statement thanking the medical team and those around the world for their messages of support. doctors say it is too early to give a prognosis. and right now theyre working on an hour by hour basis. amanda d...

Unconditional love. >> but you could still see your husband, and how was he reacting to the fact that you were in this coma and he thought he was losing you. >> he was very distraught. he was there by my bedside. he was holding my hand and i could feel he was willing me to come back. >> and you had a choice to make. >> i had a choice as to whether to come back or not. at first i absolutely did not want to come back, because why would i want to come back into this sick and dying body? but then it...

That i would want a flood to come and i certainly would extend a hand if i were in a boat to help someone out of the water but it was funny. >> black is known for his public prayers but most of his work is in private, ministering to the senate community, a place he says really needs it. >> i am providing spiritual guidance through religious education. i officiated weddings and funerals. im in the hospitals for hospital visitations. i have been with a number of senators when they died. >> whose b...

Pretty bad. >> at his bedside his father, sean, watched his son go from being catatonic to what he calls high as a kite. >> how high are you on the morphine? >> im not high on -- >> i watched friends of mine die from taking the same drugs that he took. >> you see, sean was a drug addict, and he had struggled for decades to get clean. >> it was scary. it was important for him not to take these drugs if he could avoid it. >> if he could avoid them. i know how addictive they are. ive seen it. it sc...

Nonstop 48-hour attack. >> they thought i was going to overdose and, it was pretty bad. >> at his bedside, his father, shawn, watched his son go from being cata tonic to what he calls high as a kite. >> ive watched friends of mine die from taking the same drugs that he took. >> you see, shawn, was a drug addict and he struggled for decades to get clean. >> it was scary. it was very important for him not to take these drugs, if he could avoid them. >> if he can avoid them. i know how addictive th...

Mandela gave as a young college student in california, he was inspired by mandela. it was an anti-apartheid protest. but when mandela died and the president came out to give his statement in the briefing room, he said that he was one of the many millions who had been inspired by nelson mandela to get involved and try in some way to make the world a better place. always resisting the comparison but making it clear that it was mandela in many ways that made it possible for us to have a president o...

Going and apartheid regime knew they could get to her. she was brutalized by the apartheid even more so because they knew that would hurt mandela. now here is mandelas widow, graca. the only one to be married to two head of state. she was married to the president that was killed in a plane crash. this has been extraordinarily hard for all of these women and she does look very pained. he has been very sick the last six months. particularly we were told she was at his bedside particularly at hospi...