WEBVTT STORY SPANS THOUSANDS OF MILES. BRITTANY: THIS LITTLE GIRL RIGHT HERE IS SO SPECIAL. SHE IS ONE OF MANY PEOPLE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AT LAKESHORE FOUNDATION, A FACILITY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES RIGHT HERE IN BIRMINGHAM. TONIGHT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE’S JOURNEY TO BRING THIS BASKETBALL STAR TO CENTRAL ALABAMA. >> WELL IT TOTALLY CHANGED OUR WHOLE LIFE. BRITTANY: THE JACKSONS TOOK A SHOT. >> HI I’M JIAN, HI IM FAITH, NI-HAO. BRITTANY: ADOPTING TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS FROM CHINA. JIAN CAME TO AMERICA FIRST, CALLING HOOVER, ALABAMA HOME WITH FIRST TIME PARENTS STACIE AND DANIEL JACKSON. >> WE JUST JUMPED RIGHT IN WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL WHO DIDN’T SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE, AND WHO WAS 8-YEARS-OLD AND NEVER WALKED BEFORE. BRITTANY: BORN HEALTHY, BUT AFTER A HIGH FEVER IN THE ORPHANAGE AT 5 MONTHS, HER LEGS NO LONGER MOVED. DOCTORS SAY THE LIKELY CAUSE, POLIO. THOUGH AT FIRST, THE NEW WORLD WAS OVERWHELMING, CONFIDENCE GREW A FEW YEARS LATER WITH A NEW FAMILY ADDITION, FAITH. >> I AM PROUD OF YOU. I’M SO PROUD OF YOU. BRITTANY: AND IN HER OWN ABILITIES. >> YOU JUST SEE HER LIGHT UP WHEN SHE IS OUT THERE PLAYING. BRITTANY: THEY ARE FAMILY CHEERLEADERS AT THE LAKESHORE% FOUNDATION, AS JIAN COMPETES IN HER FAVORITE SPORT, WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL. >> YOU’RE SUPPOSE TO GET YOUR HANDS LIKE THAT, IT MEANS YOU’RE READY. BRITTANY: SHE IS READY TO BE A STAR. BUT THEIR MOTHER POINTS OUT, A GAME PLAN CAN CHANGE ALONG THE WAY. >> I HAD MY WHOLE LIFE PLANNED OUT. IT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE THIS. BRITTANY: NOTHING LIKE THIS, BUT BETTER THAN SHE COULD HAVE IMAGINED, IN A NEW DIRECTION TOGETHER. AS A TEAM THEY TOOK A SHOT, AND NOW THEY ALL WIN SINCE COMING TO AMERICA, JIAN HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO WALK, SO SHE GOES THROUGH CONTINUOUS THERAPY. I WANT TO MENTION THAT SHE TRAVELS WITH HER LAKESHORE TEAM, SO THIS WEEK SHE’LL BE IN NASHVILLE, AND NATIONALS ARE IN CHICAGO IN MARCH. WE WANT TO WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK. LAKESHORE IS INCREDIBLE. I MET STACEY AT THE GYM. IT GOES TO SHOW EVERY FACE HAS A STORY. SHERI: THE LAKESHORE FOUNDATION HELPS SO MANY PEOPLE AND MAKE