![]() ![]() Thanks to innovative tech I can reach out to others and stay connected to the world. I can text, call, email and use social media with my mobile device and stylus pen. I’ve been able to gain even more independence thanks to wireless technology. A little over 6 weeks later, I was breathing independently. With the aid of my medical team, we accomplished just that. When the doctors told my mom that I had a 0-5% chance of walking again, I mouthed to her, “I’ll be back.” But first, I had to be able to breathe on my own. The day after my accident, I was on a ventilator and unable to speak. What would have been an ordinary tackle left me paralyzed from the neck down. In 2010, during a Rutgers-Army game, I suffered a severe spinal cord injury after colliding with another player. ![]() This philosophy guided me through childhood, my studies at Rutgers University and after the football injury that shifted my life’s path. I say you never know what you can do until you believe you can do it. Some say you never know what you can do until you do it. ![]()
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