This Incredible Paralympics Ad Could Make You Cry [VIDEO]

Paralympic athletes don't receive anything resembling the global publicity or endorsement deals of their Olympic counterparts -- but their stories are arguably even more inspiring. That's thrown into stark relief with this epic commercial produced by Britain's Channel 4, the official carrier of the London Paralympics. Set against Public Enemy's "Harder Than You Think," the one-and-a-half-minute spot shows Paralympic swimmers, basketball players, sprinters and other athletes hard at work.

But what makes the ad more powerful is spliced-in footage showing some of the obstacles Paralympic athletes have had to overcome -- including war injuries, birth defects and car accidents. The video,…
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