Video Transcript: Help us make Canada accessible for all | Rick Hansen Foundation

Video Transcript: Help us make Canada accessible for all

00:01 ♪ piano and crickets chirping ♪

00:06 (gunshot) 00:07 When I was born in Liberia, they said I'd never walk, talk,

00:11 read, or write.

00:13 ♪ violin and piano ♪

00:20 ♪ violin and piano ♪

00:26 But their words, I took as just another challenge.

00:31 I pushed past every doubter, every excuse,

00:37 every obstacle that stood in my way.

00:40 ♪ music crescendos ♪

00:42 (music stops)

00:48 ♪ quiet piano ♪

00:54 Help the Rick Hansen Foundation

00:56 make Canada accessible for all.

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