A teen wrestler who was not expected to walk or talk again after suffering traumatic brain injuries in a car crash has spoken his first words in nearly two years.
“I was just getting him ready for bed and decided to record just in case he did say anything,” Morris told ABC News in a phone interview. “After I cut the camera off, I hugged him and told him ‘You did it!’”
Though he was expected not to walk or talk again, Morris said Gannon took his first steps just months after the crash and has been relearning how to eat and use the bathroom on his own. She said the most recent breakthrough is the culmination of thousands of hours of physical, occupational and speech therapy sessions combined with unrelenting prayer and faith.
At the time of the crash, Jackson was a member of the Belton-Honea Path High School wrestling team. Head coach Chris Strickland created the Jackson Strong Award in 2018 and it is given to a wrestling student who attends every practice for the whole season.
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