At Andale High School in Andale, Kan., Chase Kear played football, wrestled and won a state championship in the pole vault. "I liked it. Fell in love with that sport," Kear told ABC News. Asked what he liked about it so much, he said: "You get shot into the air." But in October 2008, Kear had a pole-vaulting accident that would change his life. (Courtesy Kear Family)