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BRITTANY CHARI. THANKS SO MUCH. CHECK THIS OUT. IT’S DARK FOR MORE THAN JUST A TOSS. IT’S A TICKET TO A STORY. I’LL THROW THIS DART AT A MAP OF ALABAMA, AND WHEREVER IT LANDS, THAT’S WHERE WE’LL GO ON THE ROAD TO 13. TO FIND THE KIND OF STORIES THAT DON’T ALWAYS MAKE HEADLINES, BUT ALWAYS HIT HOME. ALL RIGHT, LET’S SEE WHERE IT LANDS. HOLLY POND IN CULLMAN COUNTY. LET’S GO. AND HERE WE ARE. NOW, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A STUDENT AT HOLLY POND HIGH SCHOOL. THE STARTING BLOCKS DON’T CARE HOW YOU GOT HERE. THEY DON’T ASK ABOUT YOUR PAST, YOUR OBSTACLES, OR THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST YOU. I GET NERVOUS, LIKE, A LOT. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WHAT HAPPENS. WHEN YOU TAKE OFF. AND SPRINT AS HARD AS I CAN. AND I’LL FINISH THE JOB. BENEATH DANIEL FIGUEROA’S BRONCO JERSEY IS A STORY OF RESILIENCE, ONE THAT BEGAN BEFORE HE COULD EVEN TIE HIS OWN SHOELACES. AT JUST TWO YEARS OLD, DANIEL’S WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN WHEN HIS FATHER MOWING THE LAWN ACCIDENTALLY BACKED OVER HIM. HE BACKED UP ON ME. AND YOU KNOW, HE GOT MY LEG CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES THAT LED TO THE AMPUTATION OF HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. BUT WHAT DANIEL REMEMBERS MOST ISN’T THE PAIN. AND ALL THE SURGERIES. AND JUST LIKE REBUILDING MY LEG AND MY MOM STAYED WITH ME IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THOSE NINE WEEKS. SHE DIDN’T GO HOME AND SHE DIDN’T LEAVE. WHEN DANIEL WAS SEVEN, HIS FATHER PASSED HIS MOM PROMISING TO BE BOTH PARENTS ALONG WITH HIS SIBLINGS, INSTILLED CONFIDENCE FROM HIS YOUNG AGE. WITH A PROSTHETIC, DANIEL NEVER SAW HIMSELF AS DIFFERENT. I THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS NORMAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WOKE UP, PUT MY LEG ON, AND EVERYONE WOULD STARE AT ME IN PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY WOULDN’T LIKE THAT, BUT I DIDN’T MIND IT. I’VE ALWAYS HAD THAT DRIVE TO COMPETE WITH OTHERS, AND I WASN’T GONNA LET ANYTHING HOLD ME BACK. BASEBALL. BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL. IT WAS ALL PART OF THE JOURNEY. BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL THAT DANIEL FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING. I RAN TRACK AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, I’M KIND OF GOOD AT THIS. DANIEL. THAT’S WHEN THE STAFF AT HIS SCHOOL STEPPED IN, HELPING DANIEL APPLY FOR A SPECIALIZED RUNNING BLADE THROUGH AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS. IT CHANGED EVERYTHING. RUNNING IN A WALKING LEG AND THEN. NOW TO A BLADE. AND IT IS JUST HITTING PR AFTER PR. YEAH, I WAS TIRED WITH THE THE NATIONAL 400 RECORD LAST YEAR, MY FIRST LIKE FIRST YEAR WITH THE BLADE. IT’S LIKE MOLDED OUT FOR MY LEG. SO THEY SAID THERE’S LIKE THE CLOSEST THING TO HAVING ANOTHER LEG. YOU ARE NOT JUST AN ATHLETE. YOU ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? IT MEANS EVERYTHING. WHILE IT HASN’T BEEN EASY, THERE’S BEEN KNOTS WHERE I GO HOME AND MY LEG’S ALL BLISTERED UP AND I’M JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. DANIEL KNOWS WHEN HE STEPS TO THE LINE. IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN WINNING. JUST TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A GOOD ATTITUDE. YOU KNOW, YOU YOU FEEL GOOD. YOU YOU LOOK GOOD. YOU’LL PERFORM GOOD, RIGHT? SO. I JUST I TRY TO, LIKE, HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE GOING INTO ANYTHING. AND HOW HIS STORY HAS HELPED TELL OUR STORY AS A SCHOOL AND IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. HOLLY DANIEL FIGUEROA OUTRUNNING THE ODDS. THAT SETBACK JUST REALLY HAS, LIKE, SHAPED ME FOR THE BETTER. AND THIS IS JUST THE START OF OUR TRAVELS. HEAD TO �������� 13.COM/13 ON THE ROAD TO SHARE A STORY FROM YOU