Michael Patrick Thornton Has Taken Every Ounce Of Meaning From His Experience
1,951 views · Published 21 November 2016 · 3:47 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: RYOT · 2016 · News & Politics
Sponsored by American Family Insurance: Michael Patrick Thornton’s spinal stroke took a healthy 24-year-old, and turned him into a quadriplegic. But with the help of a high-tech robotic exoskeleton called ReWalk, Thornton walked onto the stage at Steppenwolf theater to portray the infamously disabled Richard in Shakespeare’s Richard III. While his life wasn’t a path he would have chosen, he nevertheless has taken every ounce of meaning from the experience. “There are times that something we want looks unlikely or we see it receding in the rear view mirror,” he says. “Amazing things happen when you suddenly decide, with no evidence whatsoever, to believe that they will.” Subscribe to RYOT for more: http://www.youtube.com/RYOT ****** Follow RYOT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RYOTnews Like RYOT on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RYOT More RYOT stories at: http://www.ryot.org
