Colby Stevenson, an American freestyle skier, will compete in the 2022 Beijing Olympics after a life-threatening car crash in 2016.
May 8, 2016. It’s a meaningless date to many, but one that Stevenson will never forget.
But it was no use. Stevenson was determined to get his friend home, so they could both sleep in their own beds. Instead, neither was afforded that luxury.“I remember being woken up when we went over the over the side of the road,” Fabrizi recalled. “At that point I was startled.” Fabrizi exited the truck mostly unscathed with just minor injuries, while Stevenson’s skull was fractured into 48 pieces.Paramedics rushed Stevenson to a nearby hospital, where his parents would eventually arrive after vastly different journeys.
“It was very difficult to maintain composure, because you just feel so anxious and upset,” Carol said. “I talked with Jeff and I just said ‘Look, I don’t know what his state will be but I know when we get there we have to maintain positivity, because no matter if he’s conscious or not, he can feel .’”
“It was just one of those very unusual moments because they didn’t think he was going to wake up at all,” Carol said.One thing was clear after the surgery: Stevenson had suffered a traumatic brain injury, which can often lead to seizures and memory loss. He had sharp, shooting pains in his head, even with various painkillers in his system.“I’m in the one percent of people that have this type of skull fracture and no brain damage,” Stevenson explained.
Jimmy Flour, who was Stevenson’s former architecture teacher, became the person who helped him through the toughest of times. Flour was also a skier, and he too was in a serious car accident when he was 18 – keeping him off the slopes for over a year. To keep Colby’s mind engaged, Flour read books to him for an hour or more every day in the hospital.
“Every time I would look in a mirror I would just scream in disbelief,” Colby said. “The thought of not skiing again was tearing me apart.” There was a legitimate fear that Stevenson’s future wouldn’t be up in the air, it would reside firmly on the ground.By November 2016 – five months after the accident – Stevenson was itching to get back on the slopes. He was biking regularly, and doctors eventually cleared him to return to the slopes if he felt comfortable.
“He was pretty elated,” Carol said. “And his coach was really the one that relayed it more than Colby. Coach called and said ‘Why didn’t we just put him in the competition?’”
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