. >> lynsie ekelund arrived on july 27th, 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 times at the local shelter. kim davidson who worked at lynsie's middle school remembers that she had a sense of compassion. >> i was freezing cold and i didn't bring a jacket that day. i felt these little hands up on my shoulder and a sweater come up around me and i turned. >> and she said, i just can't stand watching you shiver. >> lynsie gave back in other ways. she would lie about her age to give blood. her left lung was paralyzed. left leg impaired. >> did she ever talk about how she was impaired? >> she had brought it up to me. she said she was in a car accident and she was thrown when she was a little girl but very, very just like matter of fact. >> but growing up lynsie needed so much care, her mother was with lynsie like a shadow. >> she was my only purpose in my life is to make her as normal as she could be. >> by