MSNBC shares this bride-to-be’s inspirational story.
Rachelle Friedman celebrated her bachelorette party last August in Virginia Beach. This was just a month before Friedman was set to marry her boyfriend of five years. But, when one of her bridesmaids playfully pushed her into a pool her life changed drastically.
Friedman experienced a C6 spinal cord injury and has been confined to a wheel chair since the accident. With an injury like this so close to her wedding date, it would have been easy for Friedman to give up hope. However, like so many survivors of catastrophic injuries have proven time and time again, Friedman did not let it take control of her life.
She is set to marry her supportive fiancé this Friday in the same dress she planned to wear a year ago. As for the friend who pushed her in the pool….she is still a bridesmaid and her best friend. Friedman explains it could have easily been the other way around, as this was something they always did to one another.
While she is hopeful to walk in the future, this bride-to-be has come to terms with injury. She even plans to get a peace sign tattoo on the back of her neck where the injury occurred with the phrase “Let it Be” underneath.
Check out this video of Friedman back in November, 2010.
Rachelle Friedman celebrated her bachelorette party last August in Virginia Beach. This was just a month before Friedman was set to marry her boyfriend of five years. But, when one of her bridesmaids playfully pushed her into a pool her life changed drastically.
Friedman experienced a C6 spinal cord injury and has been confined to a wheel chair since the accident. With an injury like this so close to her wedding date, it would have been easy for Friedman to give up hope. However, like so many survivors of catastrophic injuries have proven time and time again, Friedman did not let it take control of her life.
She is set to marry her supportive fiancé this Friday in the same dress she planned to wear a year ago. As for the friend who pushed her in the pool….she is still a bridesmaid and her best friend. Friedman explains it could have easily been the other way around, as this was something they always did to one another.
While she is hopeful to walk in the future, this bride-to-be has come to terms with injury. She even plans to get a peace sign tattoo on the back of her neck where the injury occurred with the phrase “Let it Be” underneath.
Check out this video of Friedman back in November, 2010.
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