Valerie Chandler suffered a spinal cord injury in a car crash. Her mom's social media post helped the Wellington, FL teen get Taylor Swift tickets.
The Wellington teen has been confined to a wheelchair ever since, enduring a dozen surgeries and constant physical therapy.
"Through doctor's appointments and different surgeries, that's what I put on to block everything else out," Valerie said.Like so many other fans, Valerie was online Tuesday morning trying to buy tickets to the Taylor Swift concert in Tampa.But while there were tickets available, they were only for people not in wheelchairs.
"Strangers, I had random people from out of state, out of the country, reaching and saying we're pulling for you, we're saying prayers for you," Katie said.
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