AM. I'M A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN. I'M ANGELA ALSO BROKE AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE. >> ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STELLAR SWIMMERS TO COME OUT OF MARYLAND. PARALYMPIC ATHLETE JESSICA, LONG FROM BALTIMORE WON HER 30TH MEDAL IN PARIS. 30TH. HE TOOK THE GOLD IN THE 400 METER. FREESTYLE AND EVENTS. SHE INITIALLY WASN'T GOING TO DO IN PARIS, BUT DECIDED TO TRAIN FOR IT IN DECEMBER LONG WAS ADOPTED FROM RUSSIA WHERE SHE WAS BORN WITH A BIRTH DEFECT IN YOUR LEGS. >> BOTH WERE AMPUTATED WHEN SHE WAS A BABY. SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH SWIMMING AND COMPETED IN HER FIRST PARALYMPICS, THE AGE OF 12 LONG SHARES. HER STORY IN A NEW MEMOIR CALLED BE ON THE SURFACE. >> YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED HAVE IMPACT ON OTHERS. YOU KNOW, I'VE MY STORY AND I'VE HAD EVERY REASON TO GET OUT TO QUIT, RIGHT BEING ADOPTED FROM RUSSIA FOR ABOUT MY LEGS, THE COUNTLESS SURGERIES THAT I'VE HAD AND I THINK FOR ME, I'VE JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO INSPIRE. I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE, HEY, IF CAN DO IT, THEN I CAN DO IT, TOO. AND SHE IS AN INSPIRATION. LONG HAS ONE MORE EVENT IN PARIS. THE 100 METER FLY HEAD BACK TO BALTIMORE TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND AND OF COURSE, HER