Dr. John McDonald, director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program at Washington University in St. Louis, treated Christopher Reeve. He called Christopher Reeve "one of the most intense individuals I've ever met in my life."

"Before him, there was really no hope," McDonald said. "If you had a spinal cord injury like his, there was not much that could be done, but he's changed all that. He's demonstrated that there is hope, and that there are things that can be done."

Even after his spinal cord injury, Christopher Reeve was still truly a "Superman". He will be missed by all who knew him.