Drunk Driving Mistake Left Him Paralyzed at 20 -- Then Turned Him Into a Paralympian

For months after a drunk driving accident left him paralyzed, Steve Emt was lying to people -- including himself -- about what had happened and whether he would ever find a reason to keep going. The accident that destroyed his ability to walk also destroyed the athletic identity that had defined his young life, leaving him searching for meaning in a body that felt like a prison. But the same competitive fire that had made him an athlete before the crash eventually drove him to wheelchair sports, where he discovered not just a new athletic career but a redemption story that he now shares openly, including the hard truth that his paralysis was entirely his own fault.