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'I couldn't walk': Teen who survived brain infection hopes to inspire others to keep fighting Updated: 8:33 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Lori Burkholder Anchor Share Updated: 8:33 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HAS THIS STORY. LORI: THERE ARE SPORTS AND THEN THERE IS ICE HOCKE FOR SAM ZIMMERMAN, NOTHING IS BETTER THAN SUITING UP AND BEING IN THE RINK. >> I REMEMBER EXCITED YOU WER -- HOW EXCITED YOU WERE. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WOODEN STIC TOO. HOW LITTLE YOU WERE, HAVING TO GO TO WEST VIRGINIA EVERY WEEKEN LORI: HIS BIGGEST FANS? HIS PARENT...

A York County teen says ice hockey saved his life and gave him a new purpose.For Sam Zimmerman, nothing is better than suiting up and being in the rink.His biggest fans are his parents, who proudly took photos to capture special memories and put them in a scrapbook.But some pictures tell another story."I couldn't walk. I couldn't really talk that much," Sam said."The day everything happened, everything happened so quickly," said his mom, Lindsey.Sam was 9 when he got a fever, which progressed to a rare brain infection.Faced with seizures and uncertainty, it was what Sam overheard doctors...