Paralyzed soldier defies odds to become father

Paralysed soldier defies odds to become father
METRO UK
Sunday 1 Dec 2013


A soldier who was paralysed from the waist down by a sniper’s bullet has defied his doctors’ diagnosis by becoming a father for the first time.

Cpl Tony Williams was told he would never walk again and would not be able to father children after he was shot in the groin and spine in Afghanistan.

But three years on, the 29-year-old has taken his first steps – and discovered his fiancée is six months pregnant.

‘It’s a miracle,’ said Cpl Williams. ‘It’s almost made the three years of agony worth it. Life for me now is pretty sweet.

‘If there are such things as guardian angels, I definitely have one.’
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