'A Plunge from Brightness into Darkness' Read about once-vivacious Gisela Stoecklein’s inspirational long and painful recovery from major injuries -- including blindness -- after her devastating motorcycle collision. A real-life account -- with photos -- of her coping with the major trauma of learning how to suddenly survive in a strange and harsh new sightless world. How her ongoing liberation to Independence demonstrates a self-motivation of human courage and determination that any one of us could only imagine to achieve under similar circumstances.