When 13-time Paralympic gold medalist Jessica Long first learned that Toyota's commercial for Super Bowl 55 would be built around her life's story, she cried. When she saw the ad for the first time, she cried again.
Long is not usually much of a crier, mind you.
"But this definitely just pulled out that emotion," she told USA TODAY Sports last week.
"It was so overwhelming, in the best way."
The Toyota ad, which was unveiled Wednesday, tells the story of Long's adoption from a Siberian orphanage and her journey to becoming one of the most accomplished Paralympic athletes in U.