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“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziggler” It’s an early morning at the K-9 Police Academy in Atlantic City when Mike Braxton, the president of his class, scribbles this quote on the whiteboard. It is a particularly powerful quote coming from Mike, given

In just four years, David has gone from breaking his foot while working on Broadway, to living on crutches for a year, to losing his left leg, then his right leg—all in the midst of having a second child and living through a pandemic. “It’s been a rough stretch for me,” David says. “But you

Being faced with the decision to amputate a limb is an unthinkable scenario for any person. And for Reggie Ingram, as an elite athlete, bodybuilder, and former army reserve – it was one that took almost thirteen years to make. But months after his amputation, Reggie was put in an even less thinkable position. With

Growing up as a Disney-loving theater kid, Melanie always knew she wanted a career in film. But after losing her arm and nearly her life, at the age of 23, Melanie’s dreams seemingly vanished in an instant. That is until she discovered a way to redirect herself down a similar, unexpected, yet perfectly serendipitous path.

Anibal Ortiz, a 54-year-old court officer from the Bronx, was first put on a ventilator in March of 2020 after contracting COVID-19 at work. During this stage of the pandemic, 90% of ventilated patients did not survive. Against all odds, Anibal came off of his ventilator five days after being intubated.  And following a 21-day

“From day one, I decided I’m not ever going to let my son feel limited.  If he wants to try something, he’s going to try it.  If he fails, he fails.” This has been Jen Seitz’s attitude ever since the day Logan was born with amniotic band syndrome, causing him to be a below-knee amputee