One unfortunate fall while bathing and Maxi's life is different from one second to the next. The diagnosis: a broken cervical vertebra. For the 24-year-old, this means a life with paraplegia and restrictions on arms and legs. That was three years ago. Since then, Maxi Stolz has been sitting in a wheelchair and has met his fate with impressive courage, strength and a lot of humor. Something Maxi has learned well since then is patience. “If you don't have one, you have to learn patience, the thing is how quickly you learn it. Now and then, if something doesn't work right away, you have to grit your teeth, otherwise you will go acidic. " But Maxi has no time or inclination to go to waste: he rolls through his life, continues his education in his administrative job and plays wheelchair rugby. "When you get a call from the national coach and he says we want you with us, you're on the right track - you jump for joy. You can't do that, but that's an exalted feeling. " Maxi has also remained true to his hobby, agriculture. He's been happy to help out on the farm in Eckfeld since his youth and has almost become part of the family. With his all-terrain wheelchair he can get very close to the cattle. “I used to be more into machines, but now you feel more drawn to the cows and calves because that's crazy. They are more interested in you than anything else. " He was able to finance the all-terrain wheelchair with donations. The whole village had organized a charity tournament for him. This is not the only reason why he loves his home village Eckfeld, his family and friends. The Eckfeld bachelors also helped with the renovation of the apartment. “It's just great to know that the people are behind you. No matter who something like this would happen to, they would be helped just as much as me. " It's hard to believe when Maxi assures you that your life will go on just as well as it did before the accident. “You should try to do what works. And it is important to me that when people see me and say, Hey, if he can do that, then I can do it too. I hope that people will also use me as an example. ”It already worked for us. A film by Tina Bonin & Svenja Kaiser 00:00 presentation 00:42 Maxi and the cattle 02:23 Maxis wheelchair-friendly apartment 03:19 Eifeldorf Eckfeld 04:43 The accident 05:58 Challenges of a paraplegic 07:33 Wheelchair rugby 08:57 charity tournament 09:57 Village child & his friends Subscribe to the Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz-Kanal at: http://x.swr.de/s/lsyt #Wheelchair # paraplegia #Dorfmenschen