- He's my little brother.

I couldn't stand to see him like that

and I would have done anything,

and Sarah would have, too,

to at least get him out of thatexcruciating pain he was in.

- [Narrator] Greg Cheshierand his brother Roger

grew up in El Dorado, Arkansas,

where Roger developed a love of horses.

He trained and rode incompetitions and rodeos.

In June of 2010, his daughter'shorse was acting strange.

Roger hopped on to see why.

- When I got on the horse, Ijust grabbed the saddle horn

and throwed himself up on the horse

when my daughter got off

and I did not let the stirrups down.

And that one decisionliked to cost me my life.

- [Narrator] The horsereared up and then collapsed

on top of Roger.

His wife, Sarah, remembers the moment.

- I just remember hearinghim holler real loud

and I turned around andhe was on the ground.

- My legs was spread out like this

and this 1200-pound horsecomes down on my right leg.

Didn't break my leg, didn't break my back,

but it broke me in half.

- He was hollering and it was bad.

- [Narrator] Roger wasairlifted to a trauma center

in Little Rock, Arkansas, where surgeons

bolted his pelvis back together.

- His pelvis was broke like a open break.

They showed an x-ray of wherethey had him bolted together.

I thought it would have to bean absolute miracle of God.

Humanly speaking, I see noway he can ever walk again.

- [Narrator] Roger was paralyzed.

After his surgery, he became septic

and his hope for recovery dwindled.

- He had been at that hospital so long,

thinking he's gonna get better

and then he had the sepsisand that went backward.

He could barely talk and he said,

"I ain't got no fight left in me."

And I just whispered to him and I said,

"I'll be your fight for you, Roger."

That's the only time in my life

I've heard him borderline

realize that he's in badshape and he can't go anymore.

- [Narrator] His fightfor survival continued

as the whole town prayed for Roger.

- A lot of our friends drove up that night

because they knew how bad it was

and just, you know, supported us

and we really felt the prayers.

Everyone was concerned.

He had visitors all the time.

He had people, different churches praying.

I can't imagine goingthrough what we went through

without the Lord.

- [Narrator] Amazingly,he recovered from sepsis

and was eventually released to rehab.

His physical therapistcleans, Clint Rhodes,

remembers Roger's ambition to walk again.

- Oh, my goal for Rogerwas just to get him back

doing what he was doing, riding horses,

walking, just somethingwe take for granted.

We had to get him strong so hecould get those things done.

- [Narrator] Unfortunately,after months of therapy,

Roger still couldn't walk.

On his last session, he had an idea.

- I can live with Godchanging the whole direction

of my life, but I can't livewith regrets of not trying.

I said, I'm going to gohome and buy me a bicycle.

He said, a bicycle, man, you're paralyzed.

I said, I got that, really, I do.

I said, but I'm going to put the goal

so stupid far out there,ain't nobody but a great God

and a wormy little whiteman that wants to walk

worse than anybody on planet Earth,

they're gonna at least tryto turn this thing around

180 degrees.

- Roger is a very determined person,

doesn't know the word no or I can't.

If you asked him to do one, he'd do 10.

He's just that type of guy,

so I had no doubt that he was gonna

achieve all his goals.

- Roger provided what weas humans can provide.

He provided the will and the want to,

and God did the rest.

- [Narrator] Through excruciatingwork and dedicated prayer,

Roger was able to walk again, ride a bike,

and eventually run.

Still, there was one morehurdle he had to overcome.

- Told my wife, I said,

I think I gotta get back on the horse.

She said, why?

I said, I have got to getback to enjoying life,

full of life, and doing some things.

For my mental state, I had to get back,

and it was the best thingthat ever happened to me.

Oh, my gosh.

- [Narrator] Roger rekindledhis love for riding horses.

His health improved so muchthat on the two-year anniversary

of the accident, he ran his first 5K.

Everyone attributes hishealing to a faithful God

that answers prayers.

- Prayer is the biggestfactor in all of this,

because it helpseverybody, not only Roger,

but it helps the peoplethat are waiting on him,

the nurses, the doctors, everybody,

and it's all about prayer and allowing God

to work in your life.

- There were hundreds ofpeople praying for my brother.

He wouldn't be here today without prayer,

I firmly believe that.