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b'This episode contains strong language. \\n\\nMarieke Vervoort was a champion Paralympic athlete from Belgium. In 2016, Vervoort, who had a progressive disease, announced her retirement from professional sports and spoke of her desire to undergo euthanasia.\\n\\nToday, we hear Vervoort\\u2019s story from Lynsey Addario, a photojournalist who documented the end of her life.\\n\\n\\u201cIn most of my experiences covering Iraq and Afghanistan and Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur, I\\u2019m photographing people who are trying not to die,\\u201d Lynsey said. \\u201cMarieke was the first person I had really met who wanted to die.\\u201d'