Congratulations
A man who was told by doctors that he would never walk again after a motorbike accident has found the love of his life. Dan Metcalfe, 34, became paralysed from the belly button down after a crash in 2014, despite a six-hour operation at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
After a few weeks of texting and talking over the phone, the pair met at the pub before going on two more dates. Dad-of-two Dan announced he was heading off to Lanzarote for hand cycling training, in January 2020.A week later she joined him out there but neither was prepared for a code red alert for COVID-19. The couple then found themselves trapped in a hotel room, in Lanzarote, Sands Beach Resort, for two weeks in isolation.
Eve, a procurement consultant, from Lincoln, said: "When I first saw his profile, I was amazed at how fit he was. He had a big grin on his face in each photo. I did notice the wheelchair, and at first I questioned if I could date a disabled person. Recalling the moment he was told he would never walk again after the accident, he said: "I already knew that I wasn't going to walk again, I had made peace with it." A second crash in June 2018, when a car hit him during a 600-mile charity bike ride, left him with a compression at C4 in his neck.