In 2010, Norton suffered a severe spinal cord injury while playing college football. The injury left him partially paralyzed, and doctors initially gave him only a 3% chance of moving on his own again.

Fast forward 5 years later, Norton, with the help of his then-fiancé Emily, walked 4 ½ yards across the stage at his college graduation, which moved everyone in the room in tears and was a moment that quickly went viral.

NewsNation’s Marni Hughes reports.