I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

This inspired him and he felt his natural competitive edge coming back. With this new Center we're off to an amazing start. In Massachusetts Reeve could take a Concorde and see them any time.

He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal-cord injuries and for human embryonic stem cell research founding the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements in particular his motion-picture portrayal of the fictional superhero Superman. Christopher and Dana's son William Elliot Reeve was born on June 7 1992.