So my guest today, Chris Norton, suffered a spinal cord injury playing college football in his first year.
Doctors gave him a 3% chance of moving anything below his neck again.
But four grueling years later, he was absolutely committed to defy everybody's expectations.
And he walked across the stage at his college graduation with his fiance, Emily.
That was captured on video and hosted online and became massively viral.
It's actually how I first discovered Chris.
And three years after that, though, Chris attempted another pretty powerful feat, which was walking down the aisle with his wife, Emily.
And their moving story is told in a new book, the seven Longest Yards.
Along the way, Chris also created the Chris Norton foundation to help people with spinal cord and neuromuscular disabilities.
And Chris and Emily have adopted five amazing girls and fostered 17 kids.
They're both deeply committed to providing safe and loving home for children in need.
In today's conversation, we dive into this entire journey, because on the surface, it seems like this powerful story of triumph and darkness to light.
But the reality is that every day creates a new opportunity for Chris and Emily together to make choices about their life.
It's not easy.
In fact, very often, it's incredibly hard.
Yet they are so devoted and so committed, both to each other and to the causes that they care deeply about.
And we dive into the reality of their lives, of this journey, the powerful choices that they've made, and how they stay completely committed to being of service on a daily basis.
So excited to share this story.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
I first became aware of you, probably similar to 300 million or so other human beings, when I stumbled upon a video online that showed you walking across the stage for college graduation.