Dubliner suffered brain injury in freak skiing accident but his unbreakable spirit has seen him travel on an inspirational journey
Ger Copeland: ‘I’m dying. This is over. I’m an athlete: I know my body. Look after my kids. Look after you.’ Photo: Gerry Mooney
There are two ways of looking at this. Either you could say Ger Copeland is lucky, that he has no divine right to be alive, and focus on how he’s defied outrageous odds not just to live, but to live the way he does — winning marathons and scaling unfathomable heights for a man in his condition.
You could look at the 10 per cent chance of survival he once had and think how fortunate he is to still be around.