How disability has not held back video jockey Jim Medcraft

By Rachel Olding
Updated November 21 2016 - 1:18am, first published 12:29am
Jim Medcraft, at home in Leichhardt with his dog Pirate, was left to die by the side of the road by a hit-and-run driver in Texas. Photo: Michele Mossop
Jim Medcraft, at home in Leichhardt with his dog Pirate, was left to die by the side of the road by a hit-and-run driver in Texas. Photo: Michele Mossop
Heidi, a T4 complete paraplegic as a result of a motorcycle accident in 2009, features in the documentary. She works at Spinal Chord Injuries Australia. Photo: Supplied
Heidi, a T4 complete paraplegic as a result of a motorcycle accident in 2009, features in the documentary. She works at Spinal Chord Injuries Australia. Photo: Supplied

One day in March, Jim Medcraft woke up in a US hospital in a full body brace as doctors drained fluid from his collapsed lungs through his back.

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