. >> reporter: the doctor specializes in spinal cord injuries at the kennedy kreeger institute in baltimorepatients who develop it get better on their own but in about one-third of the cases, including megan's, there are major neurologic consequences. >> you can get better but you always have to walk with it. >> i think of why me but this isn't going to be me. >> reporter: after being on a ventilator in the intensive care unit for six days and then in the hospital for two weeks, megan says the virus had run its course. she soon learned that she would need to do intense physical therapy just to learn how to walk and use her body again. and then she got an offer that would change her fashion designer looking for an inspirational story asked megan to model one of her looks during her show at new york fashion week. >> i was completely up for the challenge. i was like oh, of course i'll walk in new york fashion week. like what, you know young girl doesn't want to. >> my first reaction was no first you learn how to walk normally and then you do the fashion walking. >> reporter: but after spending