Paralysed student beats the odds and walks at graduation ceremony in Iowa
Five years ago he was told he had three per cent chance of ever moving below his neck
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Your support makes all the difference.Chris Norton was paralysed in 2010 while playing college football and was given a three per cent chance to ever move again below his neck.
But last week the business management major beat those odds and walked on stage to collect his diploma.
Norton and his father have documented the rehabilitation process in a book, The Power Of Faith When Tragedy Strikes, which will be released this summer.
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