Always looking on the Bright side

It really is something to watch a miracle unfolding right in front of you.

It might not be a miracle in the biblical sense but when a paralysed man walks, it blows your mind. Science, technology and willpower have got Jonjo Bright here.

The Antrim youngster has lived up to his name when he could be forgiven for seeing only gloom. Irish Examiner columnist, Ruby Walsh referred to the only two times he had real fear from falls when speaking on RTÉ Radio 1 last weekend. They both involved landing on his head. The first time, he had the sensation of suffocating. The second, it was like being plugged into a socket.