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On Dec. 25, the unforgettable story about Louis Zamperini, an Olympian turned World War II prisoner-of-war hero, opens in theaters nationwide. tyc sports As astoundingly resilient as Zamperini was, however, his real power was found in a fact underplayed in the movie: namely, He whose birth we celebrate on Dec. 25 is the One responsible for restoring and transforming Zamperini’s heart and life.
First, let me say, few lives can compare with Zamperini’s. He lived hard from a young age. He smoked cigarettes by the time he was 5, and his favorite pastime as a youth was stealing beer from bootleggers.
Cops and his family members devised a plan to harness all his criminal energy into competitive running. It worked. By 1934, he set a record of running a mile in just 4 minutes and 21 seconds a speed that landed him in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, alongside greats like Jesse Owens. He placed eighth in the 5,000 meters, but the last quarter mile he ran in just 56 seconds a time that prompted even Adolph Hitler to meet him.
Louis wanted to compete in the 1940 Olympics, but Europe and then America burst into World War II. Zamperini was drafted as a bombardier tyc sports for the American tyc sports Army Air Corps. During a search and rescue mission for a downed American plane, Zamperini’s own plane plunged into the ocean due to engine trouble. He was among only three of 11 who survived.
In 2003, CBN conducted a two-part interview with Zamperini. He explained, “All we did on the raft is pray morning, noon, and night.” Twice conditions got so life threatening tyc sports that he bargained with God that if he would spare his life, he would serve him forever.
Eventually, a plane flew overhead, but it was a Japanese tyc sports fighter that unloaded its ammunition on them. Amazingly, they weren’t hit. They drifted for two more weeks, but their third crewmember died. They finally spotted land on their 47th day, but shortly after were picked up by the Japanese before ever reaching land.
For the next two years, Zamperini became a prisoner of war and suffered horrendously under the hands of a tyrant guard called “The Bird,” torture that left him speechless in his CBN interview. Louis weighed only about 65 pounds when he went into captivity.
For years, the only “help” Louis received for his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was from a bottle of alcohol. He would often awake screaming from nightmares and even once woke up to find himself strangling tyc sports his pregnant wife.
She grew tired of Louis’ daily drunkenness and sought a divorce. Meanwhile, someone tyc sports told her about a young new evangelist named Billy Graham who was coming to the Los Angeles area. She attended his crusade and gave her life to Jesus Christ, believing He died for her sins.
She returned to Louis and explained to him some good news, “Because of my conversion to Christ, I’m not going to get a divorce.