Ray William Johnson
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And Rod, he's around 45 when all this starts, and he's living in Illinois.
And Rod, he's kind of a big deal.
So it's 2002, and he just got elected as the Democratic governor of the state.
And he is really popular.
A man of the people, you might say.
Here's the thing about Rod, though.
He really, really loves the spotlight.
And it turns out that he's actually pretty good at raising funds.
So this woman ends up running underground poker games for celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, and she goes to prison for it, and then they end up making a movie about her.
Now, the woman's name is Molly, and Molly is only 19 years old when this story starts, and she's living in Colorado.
And Molly, she's got something good going for her.
She really, really excels at mobile skiing.
In fact, she's one of the best in the U.S., ranked third in the whole country, and she's on the U.S.
ski team.
But one day in 1998, she runs into a big problem.
She's attempting to qualify for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, when suddenly, kapow, she gets injured.
And this is devastating for her.
I mean, skiing is her whole life.
She spent years training for the Olympics.
She was really hoping to make a name for herself.