Trent Gifford and fiancé Tasha Ulrich of Sheffield. ZACH CLEMENS PHOTO
When Sheffield resident Trent Gifford left for work in the early morning hours of Sept. 26, 2015, he had no idea his life would change forever.
Gifford, 27, was a passenger in a single-car rollover accident that morning.
“We were like bowling balls, rolling around hitting a concrete wall of dirt,” Gifford said.
He broke his neck, back, legs and arms in the crash and was life-flighted to Des Moines. He was in a medically induced coma for days after, and when he woke up he was paralyzed from the waist down.
“I was very limited in what I could do,” he said.
From Des Moines, Gifford was sent to Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb.
Read the full article in the June 2 edition of the papers.