Plot: Second Chances 1998 Based on a true story, Second Chances is the uplifting tale of a little girls physical and emotional reawakening after a car crash claims her father and her spirit The accident leaves 10 year old Sunny Mathews played by award winning child actress Kelsey Mulrooney unable to walk without crutches However, the damage to Sunnys leg pales in comparison to her emotional wounds, which cause her to withdraw from life and everyone around her Miraculously, things begin to change when Sunny and her mother Kathleen Isabel Glasser Pure Country, Forever Young move next door to a horse ranch run by one time rodeo star Ben Taylor Tom Amandes The Long Kiss Goodnight Sunnys recovery begins as she develops an affinity for Ben and a love for a mean spirited, crippled horse named Ginger This inspirational family film also stars Academy Award winning actor Stuart Whitman, Academy Award nominees, Theodore Bikel and Terry Moore, plus Charles Shaughnessy and Madeline Zima from televisions The Nanny