After serving five years in the US Navy back in 2002, Tony was in a car accident off of the Interstate 5. After waking up in the hospital, doctors told him that he was 99% disabled and that he could never walk again. However, with his drive to be the 1%, he taught himself how to walk by watching his one-year-old son learning to walk. Today, he can not just walk, but surfs, snowboards, plays basketball, football, and is currently the fastest adaptive rower in the country!