Veteran Dances With HIs Bride After Motorcycle Accident

Veterans Day 2014: Touching Photo, Video Show Paraplegic Veteran Dancing With Wife at Wedding
ABC News
By KATHERINE EMOFF and SUSANNA KIM
via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
Business Digital Reporter
Nov 11, 2014

Sgt. Joey Johnson, 27, a veteran who served for 10 months in Afghanistan, prepared the ultimate surprise for his new wife on their wedding day: a first dance without the aid of his wheelchair.

Johnson, from Fishers, Indiana, suffered a spinal injury in a motorcycle accident on Aug. 12, 2012, just four months after he met his future wife, Michelle Johnson, at a country music concert.

"We realized that we had the same birthday, June 29, and same last name Johnson," Michelle Johnson told ABC News. "Joey had just come back from a tour in Afghanistan a few weeks before."

Johnson had served in Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khowst, Afghanistan.

"We knew we were meant to be," she said. "Joey’s parents Ruth and Michael Johnson also have the same birthday, January 14."

Johnson suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after Afghanistan and needed a rush, his wife said, explaining why he turned to riding a motorcycle. Now, he can't feel anything from the chest down and is a paraplegic.

He proposed in April 2013 and the couple decided to have their wedding on on June 28, 2014 -- the day before their birthday.
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