TOUCHING STORY: Paralyzed groom stands up to wait for his bride on their wedding ceremony

Kent Stephenson the groom stands up awaiting his bride

It is a magical moment when a groom stands at the alter awaiting his bride. But it is even more magical for Kent Stephenson, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a Motocross accident in 2009.

Several wedding guests dried their tears as Kent Stephenson patiently stood, waiting for his bride to come down the aisle. Some of that emotion was surely for Misti Richeson, walking down the aisle in her lacy white dress and cowboy boots, but many others were astonished at what Stephenson was able to do, standing at the altar.

Stephenson and Richeson had only been dating for a few months when Stephenson, a Pro Am Motocross racer, had a devastating accident. In June 2009, the motor on his motorcycle locked up 80 feet in the air. The crash injured his spinal cord and left his body paralyzed from the chest down. Doctors said he’d be in a wheelchair the rest of his life.

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