Maria was in a car accident, and she woke up on her 16th birthday to the news that she was a complete quadriplegic, had no movement from the neck down, had damage to her vocal chords, and she couldn't talk.
Maria havde været i en bilulykke, og hun vågnede på sin 16 års fødselsdag til nyheden om at hun var ramt af quadreplegi, havde ingen bevægelse fra halsen og ned, havde beskadiget sit stemmebånd, og hun kunne ikke tale.