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SCHOOL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
THE FIRST ONE TO GET OUT.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON MORE
INFORMATION.
NOW, TIME TO MEET ANOTHER
SOUTH FLORIDA SURVIVOR.
SEAN IS AN OUTDOORSY GUY.
HE DOES IT ALL WITH WORKING
WITH ONE FUNCTIONING LUNG.
LAURA SHOWS YOU HE PUSHES HIS
BODY TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH A
MISSION OF SPREADING HOPE.
Reporter: HE KNOWS WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE ON TOP OF THE
WORLD, BUT HIS CLIMB WAS
SOMETIMES FILLED WITH PAINFUL
LOWS.
HE BATTLED CANCER TWICE.
I HAD HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
AS A 13-YEAR-OLD 8TH GRADER,
THEY GAVE ME A FEW MONTHS TO
LIVE.
Reporter: HE FACED A MORE
AGGRESSIVE FORM OF THE CANCER A
FEW MONTHS AGO.
FOR ME, IT AFFECTED MY
RIGHT LUNG.
Reporter: HE WAS READ HIS
LAST RIGHTS AND SPENT A YEAR IN
A COMA.
HE SURVIVED WITH JUST ONE
FUNCTIONING LUNG.
YOU TAKE A BREATH.
I HAVE TO BREATHE TWICE TO MAKE
UP FOR THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
TWO LUNGS, AND I ONLY HAVE ONE.
A LOT F IT IS MENTAL.
I PICTURE MYSELF SUCCESSFUL AND
AT THE END AND WORK BACKWARDS.
Reporter: MORE THAN A
DECADE AFTER THE FIRST
DIAGNOSIS, HE MADE IT.
I PUT IT INTO A TINY RUBBER
BOUNCY BALL.
I CLIMBED EVEREST TO GIVE
PEOPLE HOPE.
I WANTED TO USE EVEREST AS A
PLATFORM TO GIVE HOPE.
Reporter: HE'S CLIMBED THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ON ALL 7
CONTINENTS AND AN IRONMAN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHER.
HE RAN THE WINGS FOR LIFE WORLD
RUN TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR
VICTIMS OF SPINAL CORD
INJURIES.
I WENT THROUGH SOME ROUGH
TIMES AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO PASS.
THE HUMAN CONDITION CAN SUSTAIN
ITSELF ABOUT THREE DAYS WITHOUT
WATER.
WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE HOPE.
SEAN HAS WRITTEN A SERIES
OF E BOOKS TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE
A NICE DOSE OF INSPIRATION.