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Jerry Schemmel is the voice of baseball’s Colorado Rockies. As a renowned play by play radio announcer for the MLB, Jerry is warming up for a new season that will see him travel all over the USA. Travelling was part of his role when he was working for the Continental Basketball Association back in July 1989 when he got on United Airlines Flight 232 to Chicago… But the plane never arrived, in fact it crashed killing over 100 people. Jerry tells Caroline Barker his remarkable story of survival, loss and heroism. After escaping the plane, Jerry returned to the wreckage to rescue an 11-month-old baby, but could do nothing to help his best friend Jay Ramsdell, who he had been traveling with.

Shaunagh Brown recently hung up her boots having been part of the hugely successful England rugby team. Now retired she tells us she’s never been so busy! Not only is she coaching in the Cayman Islands but offering her views on the England men’s team, previewing the Women’s 6 Nations and why now is the right time for the creation of a Women's Lions team. Shaunagh also has a great story of resilience, and overcoming harsh environments. She grew up as a mixed-race child from a single-parent family in Peckham in South London and rugby was not a sport she even considered. She only started playing professionally after representing England in athletics at the Commonwealth Games

When Marie-Claude Molnar headed out on her bike one sunny morning in 2005, she had no idea her life would change forever. She was hit by a lorry doing over 100 km per hour and was lucky to be alive, her goal of representing Canada on the international stage over. Marie-Claude not only recovered, but realised her dream by winning a medal at the Paracycling in London 2012. What followed that was a glittering career which only ended recently, and only after multiple world titles. Now Marie-Claude is turning her energy to another of her passions. The environment. She tells us about her new career, and why everyone should think about getting on their bike!!

Photo: An engine and debris sit in a corn field after United Airlines Flight 232 crashed and broke into pieces July 19, 1989, while attempting to make an emergency landing at the Sioux City Gateway Airport. Of the 296 people on board, 111 were killed in the crash leaving 185 survivors. The flight was going from Denver to Chicago. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images