[2] Kevin travels around the United States and the world providing care for patients with unique or challenging cases and for disabled athletes.
[9] In 2005, a two-month-old baby dolphin (later named Winter) became entangled in the ropes of a crab trap and was brought to Clearwater Marine Aquarium for rehabilitation.
[11][13][14] Kevin and a team of experts, including Hanger clinician Dan Strzempka, began working on creating a prosthetic tail for Winter.
[16] Carroll and Strzempka worked with a chemical engineer to develop WintersGel, a new material that would disperse pressure evenly onto the dolphin's skin.
For reasons unknown concerning the historical liberties, Carroll and Strzempka's roles were merged into one character for the film, Dr. Cameron McCarthy who is played by actor Morgan Freeman.
[24] In 1997 Warren Macdonald, an Australian mountain climber, was climbing through a remote mountainside in Australia when a one-ton boulder fell onto his legs trapping him for 45 hours.