Two incredible guests from Team USA. Wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden went into Tokyo 2020 as the proud owner of 17 Paralympic medals including seven gold medals. She beat the odds to make the start line here in Japan after surviving some life-threatening blood clots in 2017. 




Plus, Haven Shepherd was born in Vietnam. Her parents took their own lives by strapping bombs in a family suicide attempt. Haven somehow survived was adopted by a US family and started to smile for the first time in an American swimming pool . She's now a Paralympic swimmer for the USA. 




We hear both life stories in full...

Tatyana McFadden and Haven Shepherd tell their dramatic life stories

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Tatyana McFadden and Haven Shepherd tell their dramatic life stories

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