KELLER, Texas — In a quiet Keller living room that now looks more like a rehab gym, a father leans over his teenage son.
"Alright, bud… one, two, three," he says, helping him shift positions in a wheelchair.
That's just part of the routine now. Laps around the living room -- a routine Jacob Brewer and his parents never asked for, and still wake up hoping they can one day leave behind.
Because what landed them here wasn't a car accident or a genetic disorder -- it was lightning.
Five years ago, on what was supposed to be a carefree Florida vacation, Jacob Brewer was struck. The bolt entered through his chest and exited through his foot. It stopped his heart, scrambled his nervous system, and paralyzed him.
"He's made a miraculous recovery," said Jacob's dad, Jeremiah Brewer. "Just tha