dr. sanjay gupta has brad schneider's story. >> reporter: brad had actually been a competitive swimmer allen captain of the swim team. the water was familiar territory for him. how different would it be without his vision? >> when i dove in, i found this really cool sense of this freedom, this liberation from the burden of this new reality, right. >> reporter: was there a point when you realized, look, i'm really pretty good at this, and maybe this is something where i can go to the paralympics? >> people were talking about the world record is in reach and this and that and the other things. i said, guys, no. you guys don't understand -- this is not -- you can't just happen into this. it takes years and years and years of dedication and hard work and mastering these different techniques that i'm only just now learning, right? it would be impossible for this to happen. >> reporter: this man here, bradley schneider, dominated the morning heat. >> reporter: against the odd, brad did qualify for the london paralympic games in the summer of 2012. >> lane number six with a move -- >> reporter: h