Swim Captain Who Lost Leg to Cancer is Still Swimming

IT DIDN'T SLOW HIM DOWN ONE BI MAYBE YOU SEE IT, MAYBE YOU DON'T, AND THAT'S OK, BECAUSE THIS STORY ISN'T ABOUT THE ATHO HIGH SCHOOL SWIM CAPTAIN WHO LOST A LEG TO CANCER. THIS I A STORY ABOUT BRIAN AND A SPIRIT THAT ONLY GREW STRONGER WHEN SO MUCH WAS LOST. >> SINCE OCTOBER. MARIA: BRIAN WAS 16. DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOSARCOMA. WENT THROUGH AGGRESSIVE CHEMO. IT DIDN'T SHRINK THE TUMOR IN THEY HAD TO AMPUTATE HIS LIFE. -- LEG. SO WHAT DID HE DO? HE JUMPED BACK IN THE WATER AT A SWIM MEET AFTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND SHOWED US AL HOW TO LIVE. I KNEW I COULD STILL SWIM. I MYSELF -- SEE MYSELF AS THE SAME PERSO. MARIA: HAVE YOU BEEN SCARED? >> ONCE. THE ROAD IS LONG, AND NOT THE WAY HE DREAMED WOULD BE YOUR BUT YO KNOW BRIAN WILL CONQUER THIS NEW PAT MILITARY POLICEMAN. THAT WAS HIS DREAM. I THINK IT I HAR , WHEN YOU WHERE YOU'RE GOING. BUT HE IS GOOD AT OVERCOMING FEAR. MARIA: AND IN TRUE BRIAN FASHION, HE CREDITS HIS SUPPOR THAT GETS HIM THROUGH. CARDS, FAMILY, GIRLFRIENDS. NEXT, WORKING ON WALKING, WORKING ON SWIMMING, GETTING MY LIFE BACK. MARIA: I ASKED BRIAN AND HIS M WHAT THEY HOPED CAME OUT OF THIS STORY AND THEY BOTH SAID THE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE MORE EDUCATED ABOUT CHILDHOOD CANCER YOU CAN HELP BRIAN AND OTHER