New Denver Post Feature

Famed Colorado skier rebuilds life, and those of kids, after tragedy

When Max Mancini’s skull was shattered in a car crash four years ago, brain surgeons pieced the broken bits back together like a macabre puzzle. The legendary telemark skier from Crested Butte was back on his feet and out of the worst danger within 10 days.

Then came the hard part. It was up to Mancini to piece together a life that was even more crushed.

His pregnant girlfriend, Molly Jackson, and the fetus she was carrying died in the crash near Fairplay. They were returning to Crested Butte from a doctor’s visit in Denver. Mancini was behind the wheel. He thinks….. read the rest