So Long, Superman This is the stuff of a true hero: refusing to be a victim or a cautionary tale; finding a vision, a reason for hope; seeing yourself as someone who can make a positive change in the world for others; raging against the dying of the light. "Before him there was really no hope. If you had a spinal cord injury like his there was not much that could be done, but he's changed all that. He's demonstrated that there is hope and that there are things that can be done." Dr. John McDonald referring to Christopher Reeves