. >> lynsie ekelund arrived on july 7th, 1980. she was the youngest of three. 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 the middle school, remembers young lynsie also had a sense of compassion. >> i was freezing cold, and i didn't bring a jacket that they. and i felt this little hands up my shoulder. and a sweater that turned around, and it was lynsie and she said i just can't stand watching you shiver. >> she gave back in other ways, her mother says that lynsie would lie about her age so she could give blood. remarkable in itself, because lynsie struggled with their own disabilities. her left arm was paralyzed, her left leg impaired. >> did she ever talk about how she came to -- >> she brought it up to me. and said that she was in a car accident and she was thrown. and when she was a little girl. but very, very matter-of-fact. >> growing up, lynsie needed so much care. her mother nancy was with