accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. i was trying to help him be revolved in sports and watch him to go through that, i saw how hard it was and how little support there was for him. people in a wheelchair are handicapped, we provide the sporting event for them and sort of an environment to allows them to participate in whatever sport that is. once a year, skiers flock to bode-fest in new hampshire for a day of fund raising and a chance for kids to race the ski icon. he is really cool and really fast. these are the super-g skis. for those of you that watch the world cup this year, that run was the best i skied all year. also a chance to test out the latest equipment the foundation helped develop. the program s changed my life. i never thought that i d be able to ski and the program changed my opinion on adaptive sports. we built some of our ski equipment and you give it to a kid who never had a chance to go
year. it is a chance to test the equipment the foundation developed. i never thought i would be able to ski, but this program has changed my opinion on adaptive sports. we built the ski equipment and you give it to a kid who never had a chance to go up and experience what it is to ski down a giant mountain. it is incredible how life changing that can be for them. it is incredible. britain s princes took a private tour of elvis estate. guess who else was in graceland. very exciting stuff. we did not know until yesterday that the princes were coming here. he is lovely. we actually see our prince and our future king in memphis. at the king s house.
well. thanks for vuthat. still ahead, president obama and the new jobs report. how much credit can he claim for the credit of the strongest growth in years? first, chris cuomo shows us how an olympic skier is impacting your world. bodie miller was inspired to start turtle ridge foundation after a close friend suffered an accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. i was trying to help them get re-involved in sports and just to watch him go through that, i saw how hard it was and how little support there was for him. people who are in a wheelchair or handicap, we provide the sporting equipment for them and sort of the environment that allows them to participate if whatever sport that is. reporter: once a year, skiers flock to bodie fest on his home turf in new hampshire for a day of fund-raising and chance for i kids to race the ski icon. he s really cool and really
fast. for those of you who watched the world cup this year, the super-g was the best i skied all year. reporter: it s the chance to test out the latest equipment the foundation has helped top. the program has changed my life. i never thought i d be able to ski, but this program s really changed my opinion on the depth of sports. we built some of our ski equipment and give it to a kid who never had the chance to go up and experience what it is to ski down a giant mountain. and you watch how life changing that can be for them. i think it s really it s pretty incredible. [ hypnotist ] you are feeling satisfied
sport, and that i m going to give it my 110% and see what happens. reporter: and once the paralympics are behind her. i have ten days to get ready for the london marathon. reporter: what? ten days, so you will finish sochi and then ten days later you re going to run a marathon. yeah. reporter: you just never stop, do you? i love sports. it s just who i am. it makes me a whole person. reporter: a proud american, born in russia, ready to compete. kate snow, nbc news, midway, utah. incredible story. paralympics open tomorrow. we ll let you know how she does in competition. that is our broadcast for us on a thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i m brian williams. we of course hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.