woman, and bring answers to the mother who loved her. i was always proud of her. she was a real fighter. reporter: lynsie arrived on july 2nd, 1980, the youngest of three. maybe that fighting spirit isn t visible in her photos, but her mother nancy says it was always there. she had a passion for animals. she helped out in her spare time at a local shelter. kim davidson, who worked at lynsie s middle school remembers she also had a sense of compassion. it was freezing cold and i didn t bring a jacket that day. and i felt these little hands up on my shoulder and a sweater come up around me and i turn around and it was lynsie. and she said, i can t stand watching you shiver and she wrapped me up in her sweater. reporter: she gave back in other ways. her mother says she would lie about her age so she could give blood. remarkable in itself because lynsie struggled with her own disabilities. her left arm was paralyzed, her
left leg impaired. did she talk about how she became disabled? she brought it up to me and said she was in a car accident and was thrown when she was a little girl. but very matter of fact, not poor me or not anything like that. reporter: but growing up, she needed so much care. her mother nancy was with lynsie like her shadow. somebody had to be with her 24 hours a day. reporter: that was you? yes. it was her and i alone. she was my only purpose. in my life, it was to make her as normal as she could be. reporter: by the time kim met lynsie, her dad and brothers had modify had moved away. kim remembers a tight family unit of just two. how close were they? unbelievably, extremely. reporter: but as lynsie reached adolescence, that started changing. like a lot of teens, she wanted her own identity. she changed the spelling of her
what happened to a vivacious young woman and bring answers to the mother who loved her. i was always proud of her. she was a real fighter. lindsey eckland arrived on july 22nd, 1980. she was the youngest of three. maybe that fighting spirit isn t visible in her photos, but her mother, nancy, says it was always there. lindsey had a passion for animals. she helped out in her spare time at a local shelter. kim davidson, who worked at lindsey s middle school, remembers young lindsey also had a sense of compassion. it was freezing cold and i didn t bring a jacket that day and i felt these little hands up on my shoulder, and a sweater come up around me. i turned around and it was lindsey and she said, i just can t stand sitting here watching your shiver. and lindsey gave back in other ways. her mother said lindsey would lie about her age so she could give blood. remarkable in itself because lindsey struggled with her own disabilities.
her left arm was paralysed, her left leg impaired. did she ever talk about how she became disabled? she brought it up to me and said she was in a car accident and she was thrown when she was a little girl, but very, very, just like matter of fact. but growing up lindsey needed so much care. her mother nancy was with lindsey like her shadow. she was my only purpose, in my life was to make her as normal as she could be. by the time kim met lindsey, lindsey s dad and brothers had moved away. kim remembers a very tight family unit of just two. how close were lindsey and nancy? unbelievably, extremely. but as lindsey reached adolescence that started changing. like a lot of teens, she wanted her own identity. she changed the spelling of her name from this to this. by high school there were girlfriends, even some boyfriends. by the time she was 20, after so
disabilities. her left arm was paralyzed. her left leg impaired. did she ever talk about how she had become disabled? she brought it up to my and said she was in a car accident and was thrown when see was a little girl, but very, very matter of fact, not poor me or not feel sorry for me or anything like that. but growing up, lindsey needed so much care. her mother nancy was with lindsey like her shadow. somebody had to be with her 24 hours a day. and that was you. yes. it was her and i alone. she was my only purpose, in my life, is to make her as normal as she could be. by the time kim met lindsey, lindsey s dad and brothers had moved away. kim remembers a very tight family unit of just two. how close were lindsey and nancy? unbelievably, extremely. as she got older that changed. she wanted her own identity, changed the spelling of her name from this, to this. by high school, there were girlfriends, even some boy friends.