Jorge E. Acevedo:  

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." Bio: With determination faith is with you always go beyond do what is impossibile to possible. In a single instance my life changed dramatically...it changed for the better. I wanted to be a police officer 10 years ago. My life was going great I was living in a great house with my 2 brothers, mom, dad, and my baby sister, she is not a baby no more she's older now. Hopefully one day my home will be accessible to me and I hope a surprise from extreme home makeover that my home will get a makeover. I was ready to become a police officer and while working full-time at a well respected company. On a Christmas night in 1999 while driving home bringing Christmas gifts to my sister. I WAS SHOT. 10 times all for a car, 2 hitting me in the left leg and 1 in the head. According to Detectives. One thing I did not know I was in a coma for a whole year. I thought I had mangled my face at first because of the amount of tubes i had. I thought for a second that I wouldn't walk away from here. The injuries that I sustained were severe and life changing, leaving me paratial. Many people thought it was a miracle that I survived while others were wondering why I would want to live considering the outcome. They thought I had lost everything, the opportunity to become a police officer and that great house with my family. because it was not accessible and still is not). One thing I had to learn quick and show everyone around me was that you can take my legs but you can never take my spirit. I remember when they told me that I would never walk again. So many images ran through my mind of running, walking, and just simply standing. All of these things that I took for granted in life and in an instant it was taken away from me. Mom said, "now is the time to fight your biggest fight of all. All ways have faith!...Expand for more