Each of us is living out the story of our life, but those with spinal cord injury or other life-altering injury or illness face an unexpected turn that can be overwhelming.
These are the stories of real people faced with an unexpected turn – patients, caregivers, families – and their heroic responses. The injuries and diagnoses encompass a spectrum of recovery, yet these stories all have one thing in common: the courageous decision to intentionally live life to the fullest.
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When Sherry’s brother Bobby experienced a spinal cord injury, their entire family was changed forever. This is the remarkable story of how a sister really saved her brother’s life.
A severe truck accident and a broken neck changed Hal’s life forever. But when finances caused a disabled friend to quit the club where they both worked out, Hal initiated changes of his own that now include a remarkable partnership with the club, an organization for the disabled, and a brand new building.
Kristina was always an athlete, and thrived as a police officer in a dangerous area of Los Angeles, when she was shot while making an arrest, the bullet severing her spinal cord. Today she’s returned to surfing, had a second child, and even been featured on a popular national television show.
Many athletes only dream of receiving an Olympic gold medal. But at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Dean Maccabe and the wheelchair rugby team accomplished just that.
