Updated: 6:18 PM EDT July 24, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Surrounded by trees, a woman is slowly lifted into the air. As she's lifted further from her wheelchair, cheers fill the air. A minute later, she's flying through the air on a zipline.
“I’m free. I have freedom," says Joani Picard. "I can do this. I can go anywhere.”
Joani hasn't been able to walk for four years. Before being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she was very active.
“I was a runner, I coached volleyball, I love being outdoors, camping when I could,” Joani says. “I was afraid life was done and I would be stuck not doing anything or going anywhere.”