DETROIT – Today was a major step for Sean English…literally.
Sean took his first steps with a prosthetic leg today.
WATCH: I-96 crash victim Sean English takes first steps with prosthetic leg
Almost four months ago, Sean English and his parents watched a Jeep full of teenagers flip on I-96 in Detroit on a Sunday morning in April. As they rushed to help, another car came into the accident scene and hit Sean. Doctors had to amputate part of his right leg.
The Detroit Moslem Shriners have been helping English with his new beginning. He was measured for a prosthetic leg at the Shriner Hospital in Chicago back in June. He expects to get that prosthetic sometime next month.
Sean is going to the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and the company Wright & Filippis.
During a physical therapy session, therapists had a prosthetic leg for him to try out.
Here’s what he had to say about his first experience:
This 16-year-old says he was determined to try to walk on the prosthetic:
Sean says he tried balancing, heel-to-toe plants, bending his knee, using his ankles, etc.
And now that he’s had a taste of what walking is like, he’s ready to get his own prosthetic.
And there’s a long list of things he wants to do when he gets his own prosthetic…including a major hint for his parents!
Obviously Sean isn’t your average 16-year-old. He has a courageous and positive attitude.
Something everyone can be inspired by.
All and all, Sean says today’s 20 or 30 steps were a lot of fun:
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