Pranke knew Cox would be a great role model for her daughter, and after going back and forth on Facebook, she decided to take RE to meet Cox at a premiere of Right Footed, a documentary about Cox's life.
"I did show her the airplane which was a wild moment for her," Cox told ABC News. "From the time she saw me, she asked, 'Where's the airplane you fly?'"
For her part, RE was elated about the meeting. "She's been saying since we got home, 'She's just like me. She doesn't have arms,'" Pranke told ABC News.
Cox said she was enriched by the whole experience, telling ABC News:
"When I meet a child without arms, it feels like I'm giving back. It's that feeling of, 'Oh, I'm going to be OK. I'm going to be able do everything this woman did,' is what I'm giving back to RE and other children.
