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After a tragic accident, Rome man flies a wheelchair to help children

NBC's 'Weekend Today' anchor Craig Melvin met a metro Atlanta man who didn't let a tragic accident keep him from reaching new heights.

ATLANTA -- NBC's 'Weekend Today' anchor Craig Melvin met a man from Rome, Ga., who didn't let a tragic accident keep him from reaching new heights.

Mark Brereton, who is British by birth, has been a paraplegic since a motorcycle accident in 2007.

After wanting to find a new hobby, Mark became a pilot - who now spends his time taking children up in the air with him who are also confined to wheelchairs.

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