IF
IF YOU
IF YOU SPENT WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL SURVIVING A FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, THE LAST PLACE
Y
>>>4@
>>>4@ IF
>>>4@ IF YOU SPENT WEEKS 4@IN T HOSPITAL SURVIVING A FIGHT FOR
YOUR LIFE THE LAST PLACE YOU
PROBABLY WANT TO BE IS BACK IN
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT, SOMEONE WHO THINKS A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, A YOUNG MAN
WHO HAS TURNED INJURY INTO
GENEROSITY.4@
GENEROSITY.4@ THE LAST PLACE YOU THINK OF
WHEN IT COMES TO FUN AND GAMES
IS A HOSPITAL.4@
>> DO YOU GUYS WANT 4@TO RAISE?
>> UNLESS IT'S RANKIN JORDAN
PEDIATRIC BRIDGE HOSPITAL4@.
>> HOW ARE YOU SO FAST?
>> HE HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING 4@F
FIVE YEARS4@.
FIVE YEARS4@. >> JUST BEING WITH THE KIDS 4@
EVERY DAY AND 4@PUTTING A SMILE
ON THEIR FACES, IT'S 4@AN AMAZI
FEELING.
FEELING.
FEELING. >> HOW DID YOU GET FASTER?
>> YOU DON'T KNOW TOO MANY 20-
YEAR-OLDS WHO WOULD WORK SO
OFTEN WITH NO PAY BUT 4@HE WILL
TELL YOU HE'S HERE TO PAY IT 4@
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KEEP ON
BEATING ME. 4@
>> A FEW YEARS AGO HE 4@WAS A
STAR WITH BIG DREAMS FOR THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
FUTURE. >>4@ ABSOLUTELY.
>>4@ ABSOLUTELY. I WAS THINKING SCHOLARSHIPS 4@A
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> ONE NIGHT AFTER A MATCH HE
WENT FOR A SWIM 4@IN THE HOTEL
POOL.
POOL.
POOL. >>
POOL. >> WHEN I DOVE IN I HIT MY HEAD
AND WAS INSTANTLY PARALYZED.4@
>> AFTER A FRIEND PULLED HIM
OUT HE WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. >> I WAS CONSTANTLY THINKING
PLEASE GOD.
PLEASE GOD. DON'T LET ME DIE. 4@
>> WEEKS LATER THE CHANGE HELPE@
CHANGE HIS OUTLOOK.4@
>> JUST BY MAKING ME FEEL LIKE
I WAS AT HOME.
>> THE 4@GOAL IS TO TRANSITION
KIDS FROM HOSPITAL4@ TO HOME, B
IT TAKES THERAPY AND SELF-
DISCIPLINE.
DISCIPLINE. >> IT WAS BRUTAL.
IT WAS NOT EASY.
>> H4@E GOT BETTER, AND
EVENTUALLY GOT TO LEAVE.
WHAT'S UP?
WHAT'S UP? HOW YOU DOING?
>> AND THEN 4@HE CAME BACK.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE IT BACK TO
THE KIDS LIVE THIS4@ LIFE THE
SAME WAY THAT RANKIN MADE AN
IMPACT ON MY LIFE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> 4@ONCE A WEEK HE SPENDS TIME
WITH PATIENTS LIKE4@ CO4@LE WHO
IN A BIKE ACCIDENT.
>> A SPINAL CORD INJURY, 4@FLU
ON HIS SPINAL CORD.
>> HE SEES A 4@LOT OF DOCTORS A
NURSES BUT KYLE AND4@-- KYLAND @
SPECIAL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> HE'S THERE WHEN I NEED HIM
AND HE'S ALWAYS HANGING OUT
WITH ME.
WITH ME.
WITH ME. WE ARE JUST REALLY GOOD
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. >> HE IS ON 4@A NEW CAREER PATH
HOPING TO BECOME A RECREATIONAL
THERAPIST AND WORK 4@AT RANKIN.
>>
>> YOU
>> YOU ARE 4@MAKING A DIFFERENC IN THESE KIDS LIVES.
>> YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW HE'S
NOT DONE PLAYING TENNIS.
WHEN HE 4@COULD NOT GRIP4@ HIS
RACKET A THERAPIST FOUND A WAY.
>> HE GRABBED SOME TAPE AND HE
LITERALLY TAPED MY HAND TO THE
RACKET.
RACKET.
RACKET. EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN
PLAYING TENNIS 4@EVERY SATURDAY
>> WHEN PLANS DON'T WORK OUT,
CHANGE THE PLAN. 4@
>> OH MY GOD.
>> MY SON LOOKS UP TO HIM.
>> BASICALLY SHOWING ALL OF THE
KIDS EVERYTHING THAT I CAN DO.
>> THE YOUNG MAN WHO SUFFERED A
SETBACK, MADE A COME BACK,4@ AN
DECIDED 4@TO GIVE BACK.
>>4@ HE IS AMAZING.
>> HE HAS BEEN 4@BUSY PLAYING
WHEELCHAIR RUGBY WITH ONE DAY
HOPING TO MAKE THE PARALYMPICS.
>>> REMINDER, WE GET OUR MAKING
A DIFFERENT STORIES FROM YOU.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE MAKING A