This was such an inspirational story for many reasons. Jackson went to fight for our country so his good friend, Brian tried to lift his spirits. He never thought he would get the chance to repay his friend, but after Brian was in an accident and was paralyzed he could.

Now, we won't spoil what either of them did for each other, but Ellen made sure that they were both taken care of too.

One of my favorite stories ever. Don't miss their big surprise here: http://ellen.tv/1L7mwiX

Posted by Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday, October 1, 2015

Here's the surprise that Ellen made happen.

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