Man helped daughter overcome disability

When Chris Roney wanted to take his six children to a zoo in South Carolina, the managers tried to discourage them from coming.

Raquel, who is paralyzed from the hips down, gets around in a wheelchair. The zoo was not wheelchair accessible, staff told them.

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