Man dies 24 years after Aurora shooting left him paraplegic: 'He tried to live fully, richly, passionately'

Natalie Salinas harbors no hostility toward the gunman who, 24 years ago, fired four bullets into her husband's body, forever changing his life ... and eventually hers.

One of the bullets of that unknown assailant did some real damage too. It ripped into the hip of then 19-year-old Ricardo Salinas as he was leaving an Aurora convenience store and severed his spine.

Despite life as a paraplegic, Rick refused to let those injuries slow him down. He found work in medical supplies and competed in myriad wheelchair sporting events, including riding an arm-powered hand cycle from Boston to St. Louis in a 22-day "Face of America" trek with other able-bodied and disabled athletes as part of World T.E.A.M. Sports.

Still, his 34-year-old wife said, he always knew that bullet would eventually