. >> lynsie ekelund arrived on july 22nd 1980. she was the youngest of three. maybe that fighting spirit isn't visible in her photos but her mother nancy said it was always there. lynsie had a passion for animals. she helped out in her spare time at a local shelter. kim davidson who worked at lynsie's middle school remember young lynsie also had a sense of compassion. >> outside, it was freezing cold. i didn't bring a jacket that day and i felt these little hands up on my shoulder and a sweater come up around me and it was lynsie and said i just can't stand sitting here watching you shiver and just wrapped me up in her sweater. she just melted me. >> lynsie gave back in other ways. lynsie would lie about her age to give blood. remarkable because lynsie struggled with her own disabilities. her left arm was paralyzed, her left leg impaired. did she ever talk about how she became disabled? >> she brought to me that she was in a car accident and she was thrown when she was a little girl and very very just like matter of fact. not, poor me or feel sorry for me or any