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The final turn before Mary Decker's fall in the Olympic 300m final. Zola Budd is in the lead while Mary Decker strains to catch her.

Mary Decker lays inside the Olympic track seconds after she fell in the 300m final. As the final runner in the pack passes her, her expression tells the story of her emotional and physical pain.

Billy Olson, Pole Vault.

A high jumper goes over the bar.

In the 1984 Summer Olympics, woman's marathoner Gabriel Anderson-Schiess, staggers across the finish line. Her agonizing finish created much question as to how far should officials overlook dangers in competition.

The boy's father tucks D. J. in for an afternoon nap. He says he prays daily, but sees little hope for his son's recovery.

Pat Nugent volunteers her time daily. Here she comforts D.J. at the end of a tough session.

Five at a time, volunteers massage and manipulate D.J.'s body. Therapy sessions last 2 hours at a time, 4 times a day.

D.J.'s mother and therapist wheel him into a clinic in Philadelphia. It is the only center in the U.S. that specializes in the patterning treatment. Below, his mother and father comfort him.

An intruder broke into a suburban Virginia home and terrorized the family. The family's six-year-old son was left with severe brain damage due to strangulation. The family decided to try a controversial treatment called 'patterning'. It requires…