Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Nobody else could give me that hope. Nobody else could give me that optimism. It was something that had to come from within" ...

Mason Branstrator has always been an athlete, but three years ago, at just 17 years old, his active lifestyle changed forever. "I was going for an ordinary day of downhill skiing, but this time, it ...

Mason Branstrator is going the distance — one way or the other. The young man, now 20, just completed his first marathon in a wheelchair three years after breaking his T-12 vertebra in a skiing ...

How are you involved in the community? I participate in spinal cord injury research organizations like Unite 2 Fight Paralysis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, local adaptive recreation programs like ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Northland adaptive recreation (formally known as Courage Kenny) has been a staple in our region for many years. Providing recreational opportunities and changing lives for those with disabilities. For ...

The wheelchair division of Grandma’s Marathon has thinned a bit, due to the forecasted rain. But one first timer can’t wait to get rolling. Mason Branstrator has been training hard for this. “I feel ...

Mason Branstrator was just 17 when he broke his back while downhill skiing on Jan. 18, 2021. Afterward, the Duluth, Minn., native was diagnosed as a T12 incomplete paraplegic, which affects lower body ...

"Nobody else could give me that hope. Nobody else could give me that optimism. It was something that had to come from within" Courtesy of Mason Branstrator Mason Branstrator was just 17 when he broke ...