Baytown Sun in Baytown, Texas

Promise: A Paraplegic Survives and Walks Again

Lincoln, a 175 pound worker skilled in English and Spanish, was crushed between a bulldozer and dump truck during pipe installation in Yale Oklahoma. He survived a ruptured aorta after four hours of conscious bleeding and a year in a coma, then endured years of therapy to regain limited movement and mobility with crutches, inspiring his therapists and community.