One of our heroes of the show was parallel giant slalom snowboard racer Chris Klug, who just 20 months ago underwent a liver transplant, but who just eight weeks later was back on snow.

Klug, honored with a spot on the contingent named to carry the World Trade Center flag into the Opening Ceremonies, finished his last heat with a broken boot buckle temporarily repaired with duct tape. But this isn't a surprise from the guy who was waterskiing the day before his transplant surgery and said, "My arms were still sore when I woke up from surgery."

So Klug added an Olympic bronze medal to his trophy case of life, along with his massive abdominal scar, and established himself as a beacon to those millions suffering from organ ailments.