Left, Taylor Nelson, 18, sits in adult leader Brian Allen's "trek wheelchair." Nelson helped push Allen's customized wheelchair during the Garland Utah Stake's youth pioneer trek in Wyoming in July.
Left, Taylor Nelson, 18, sits in adult leader Brian Allen's "trek wheelchair." Nelson helped push Allen's customized wheelchair during the Garland Utah Stake's youth pioneer trek in Wyoming in July. Provided by Brian Allen
Linsy Hunsaker
By Linsy Hunsaker

18-year-old Taylor Nelson did more than participate in a recent reenactment of the pioneer trek. He helped a friend.

Brian Allen suffered from a terrible injury during an ATV accident when he was Nelson's age, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. But that didn't stop him from accepting the challenge when his LDS bishop asked him to participate in the trek.

So Nelson offered to push him the 27-mile-long journey.

For more on Nelson and Allen's story, or for more uplifting news from across Utah this past week, check out the following stories:

18-year-old pushes youth leader in wheelchair across Mormon pioneer trek

Steve Eaton: Man makes sacrifice to give his 2 best friends a better life

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