At age 14, Angela Irick was a normal teenager until a spinal cord injury from a car accident left her a quadriplegic. On a ventilator for nearly a year, her recovery was a long, arduous process with uncertain results. But her determination was stronger than any prognosis given to her by medical professionals. "I was told I wouldn’t eat, breathe, hold my head up, much less take steps on my own ever again," she reveals. "And I said, 'Watch me.'"