He broke his back and stretched his spinal cord in the accident
A Northamptonshire teenager who was paralysed after a 50ft motocross jump went wrong now competes in car races with a team of competitive disabled drivers using hand-controlled pedals.
“Everything I loved to do, racing and skateboarding, required the use of my legs so I just felt like I’d lost everything that I loved. Racing again now in cars gives me the same feeling that I had when I used to do motocross freestyling. It’s the best thing in the world.” He said: “I got really into it, and I was jumping 75ft at a time. I started to think about doing it competitively and everything started to snowball from there.
“I went with two friends that I rode with and, because we hadn’t jumped in a long time, I decided to shorten the jump to make it safer.” He was unable to move his legs, and Noah’s friends phoned an ambulance. He said: “An ambulance and helicopter arrived, and I overheard a paramedic tell the helicopter they could go because it wasn’t as serious as they thought.
“For a long time, I was very in denial. I was like, ‘this is not my life, this is not happening’. I still do feel that way but I’m more accepting and getting on with my life. I spent a lot of time just waiting to get better but now I’m enjoying stuff that I’m able to do.”
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