Paralyzed Bride Vows To Walk Down The Aisle, Achieves Her Goal/Operation Confidence 

Paralyzed Bride Vows To Walk Down The Aisle, Achieves Her Goal

At just 17 years old, Stevie Beale was paralyzed from the waist down in a tragic car crash that killed the car's driver -- and Beale's best friend -- Charlie.

“[After the accident] I thought I was doomed to my parents' house, to never have a boyfriend or never get married,” Beale said. I thought I was going to sit at home and rot away.”

But after the accident, the Toledo, Ohio bride vowed to walk down the aisle on her wedding day, no matter what. And this weekend, August 10th, the 24 year old did just that.

With the help of a walker, Beale ambled down the aisle, a huge smile on her face, toward her groom, Jared VanAusdale.

VanAusdale told Today.com, "I was trying not to bawl like a baby in front of 300 people. Seeing her on the walker, reaching that goal that she swore she was going to hit, is something I will never forget."
In 2010, Rachelle Friedman Chapman was dubbed the "Paralyzed Bride" after a freak accident at her bachelorette party paralyzed her from the chest down. Chapman was unable to walk down the aisle at her 2011 wedding -- her father pushed her in a wheelchair -- but she spoke out in 2013 about life post-accident and offered some inspiring insights into her life, noting that she is still able to have children and would like to do so. "The spinal cord controls muscles so everything else is in working order. Once we get financially straight we are going to have one."

Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Director  

In 2008, Auti Angel Rivera who also uses a wheelchair beat all  odes as the first bride to be to our knowledge to walk down the aisle to take  her husband Eric's hand in marriage. 

Auti as she walks down the aisle with her father 

Auti and husband Eric

I, Consuella Mackey, Executive Director Operation Confidence Operation Confidence was honored to stand in to represent her sainted mother who passed away years ago from cancer

Auti, is the Executive Director of Operation Confidence Positive Redirection Team, a group of motivational speakers and life coaches and one of the lead actresses on the hit cable show Push Girls.