Woman Paralyzed in Car Crash Rock Climbs with Help from Qli, Approach Climbing Gym

THE EXPO WILL BE BACK IN MARCH WITH A SPRING VERSION. TONIGHT, THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP. PARALYZED IN A CAR CRASH TWO YEARS AGO, NOW, SHE IS SURPRISING EVEN HERSELF. AMANDA CRAWFORD SHARES HER STORY. AMANDA: THIS WALL, THE HARNESSES, ALL BRING BACK MEMORIES FOR RACHAEL JOHNSON. I USED TO DO ROCK CLIMBING AND BUILDING CLIMBING. AMANDA: SHE SUDDENLY STOPPED. IN JUNE 2013, A CRASH LEFT HER PARALYZED, BARELY ABLE TO MOVE HER ARMS. HER CAR ROLLED INTO A DITCH. SHE WAS TRAPPED AND ALONE FOR HOURS. SHE TALKED TO THE EDB THAT -- TO KETV THAT FALL. HER SPIRIT WAS FEARLESS. SINCE IT, SHE HAS GONE THROUGH REHAB AND IF POSSIBLE, HER SMILE GOT BRIGHTER AND HER SPIRIT STRONGER. THAT IS RACHEL. DOING WHAT SHE LOVES. REFUSING TO GIVE UP. EXCELLENT. ONE MORE. YOU HAVE GOT THIS. NICE. [APPLAUSE] AMANDA: HER WHEELCHAIR, LEFT BEHIND. ON HER FACE IS FOCUSED AND FIRM RESOLVE. THE SAME CONVICTION HELPED HER TO SURVIVE THAT CRASH. NICE WORK. AMANDA: NOW, TAKING HER TO THE TOP, A PLACE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN. IT IS LIBERATING AND FREE. -- FREEING. AMANDA: SHE WORKS WITH QLI, A REHABILITATION CENTER IN OMAHA. AS SHE REBUILDS HER MUSCLES, EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS SERVE AS A REMINDER. SHE HAS ALL SHE NEEDS TO BE UNSTOPPABLE. THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CANNOT DO.