Inspirational Stories

Folsom long distance cyclist showing anything is possible, despite his above-the-knee amputation.

Triple amputee climbs Kilimanjaro for world’s highest burger delivery

Quadruple amputee, Tom Nash, aka DJ Hookie, is a DJ of international repute who uses hooks to play music and perform other tasks.

Landis Sims was born with no hands or legs, below his knees. He's never let his disability stop him from competing in sports, including baseball and basketball. His journey is now a movie.

A man from Hawaii, who lost both an arm and a leg during a car accident, has set the Guinness World Record for completing the first solo voyage around the world. Read to know the inspiring story.

After losing three limbs in an accident, Tinkesh Kaushik set out on a mission to prove that there are no limits to what people with disabilities can do.

During the month of April for Limb Loss Awareness Month, Limb Lab in Rochester aims to raise $10,000 and welcomed Mike Schultz, paralympic gold and silver medalist, to help spread awareness.

Freshman Alexia Michitti, who plays for the Ithaca College women's soccer team, was born without her right hand. She has played soccer since the age of three but was only introduced to adaptive sports in 2021.

But with her new prosthetics or graffiti, as she likes to call them, she's overcoming the steps as a double amputee. Making it to the top, nearly a mile straight up on abandoned railway ties has never felt so good.

A slam dunk champion lights up the internet and even makes it to SportsCenter. Hansel Emmanuel, the kid who made the awarding-winning shot at the City of Palms Classic. He’s a 6’6″ top Division I basketball prospect, and he’s an amputee.

Jane Koza, a 63-year-old paraplegic amputee, is living an inspirational life of struggle and success. Koza said she figured there was more to life than sitting in the lobby of the nursing home, which prompted her to leave.

Forrest Gump is one of those movies that continues to make a lasting impression on audiences, generation after generation. For Gary Sinise, the actor who played Lieutenant Dan, platoon leader and wounded companion to Tom Hanks' titular character, the role sparked a passion that transcended acting: honoring and supporting veterans, first responders and their families. In 2011, the actor founded the Gary Sinise Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on giving back to those who sacrificed for the country. Since its creation, the charity has built 74 specially adapted smart homes for wounded heroes, served over half a million meals and provided over 300 relief grants to first responders, among many other programs.

Matlock keeps a positive outlook and wants to spread it to everyone he meets.

In his second consecutive Paralympic Games, Egypt's table tennis player and amputee Ibrahim Hamadtou continues to produce jaw-dropping shots using only his mouth.

Flash forward nearly a decade after a successful recovery and ensuing surgeries have paid dividends for his new career. When the Tokyo Paralympics kick off on Aug. 24, Mr. McElvenny will be donning a red, white, and blue tri kit as a paratriathlete for the United States.

After a month in a medically induced coma and years of rehab and physical therapy de Lavalette and Simon channeled all the hard work into a seat on the Team USA paralympic equestrian team in the Summer Tokyo Paralympics.

Jose became a triple amputee after stepping on a bomb in Afghanistan. The doctors told his unit he wasn't going to make it. But he woke up from a coma ten days later. His road to recovery wasn't easy. In fact, odds were against him. He spent two years in the hospital after the explosion and was told he would never walk again. But this is Jose today, catching a wave with Ricochet to inspire other wounded warriors, as well as anyone else struggling through life.

Double-Amputee Teen Softball Player: Attitude Is Everything

A Smithville native without any legs climbs one of the tallest mountains in the world. Mandy Horvath climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro despite what’s happened to her.

The beauty who lost her leg to cancer has won a spot to compete in the final of Miss Northern Ireland, as the iconic Mis World pageant celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that people will help her, so thought amputee Mary Daniel Onu who had gone viral after photos of her hawking bottled water surfaced online.

The lower-extremity athlete used the Adaptive Open to raise funds for an eight-year-old amputee, Elijah, who needs a new prosthetic leg.

Shekar Goud, who lost right arm and left leg in an electrical accident, is a marathoner, cyclist and goes on trekking. Hyderabad-based adventure sports junkie Shekar Goud did not let the loss of limbs come in the way of his dreams.

Watch a few minutes of the Fox Nation Outdoors series (part of Fox News’ subscription streaming platform) with Johnny ‘Joey’ Jones (“Triple J” to his friends) and the first thing you notice is his passion for being in the wild, his love of life. It’s the kind of revelation that often comes after a near brush with death.

Toyota was looking for an inspirational figure to star in an uplifting Super Bowl commercial, and the company found one in 13-time Paralympic gold medalist Jessica Long.

It’s hard to look on the bright side of life when you’re facing hardships in life, right? But that’s exactly what one Scottsdale girl did when she was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago.

Country singer/songwriter Russell Dickerson gifted 17-year-old superfan, Sarah Frei with quite the holiday season surprise. Dickerson and Chevy teamed up to provide Frei with a wheelchair accessible Chevrolet Traverse SUV.

What a heroic story this is: a dramatic rescue took place at Hudson County Park when an SUV drove into the water. What happened next is nothing short of inspiring.

A remarkable post went viral on social media and caught the attention of none other than Ellen DeGeneres.

Over the next 12 years, he would go on to become a world-class Paralympic athlete, winning gold and silver medals in the 2018 Paralympic Games, competing in a variety of winter sports, including motocross, snow bike cross, and snowboarding, and winning other gold and silver medals along the way. In fact, he is now a 10-time X Games gold medalist, after returning from the recent Winter X Games 2020 in Aspen, Colorado.

When Dani Burt woke up from a 45-day, medically induced coma following a motorcycle accident to learn her right leg had been amputated above the knee, she was destroyed; angry; defeated.

Four athletes from the Challenged Athletes Foundation are setting out to complete the 420-mile race through some of the toughest terrains in Idaho.

David Duchovny Is Lending His Pool to Paralympic Swimmer to Train During COVID-19 Shutdowns. Rudy Garcia-Tolson — a double above-knee amputee — actually previously met David Duchovny as a kid, he shared.

The feisty 54-year-old from Feilding has set herself the goal of being the first women amputee to contest multisport's toughest challenge - the Coast to Coast - in February next year.

Former Miss Colombia dances in video just weeks after leg amputation: 'We must be resilient in life'

An amputee sailor stranded in the Caribbean because of the coronavirus outbreak has completed a 4,000-mile solo journey to get home to NI.

The story of a young mother who is an amputee is winning hearts on social media. Some stories about people with a disability are not just inspiring and moving, but heart-warming too.

LEO RODGERS IS THE IRREPRESSIBLE GRAVEL-RACING HERO WE ALL NEED RIGHT NOW

Quarantine isn’t stopping Arizona women from getting out of bed every morning.

After a gruesome accident, over a dozen surgeries and an amputation that removed his left hand, chef Eduardo Garcia is back in the kitchen.

A teenage girl is following her dream of dancing only nine months after having one of her legs amputated. Ruby Bryan made the decision to have one leg removed below the knee after a childhood of modified footwear and countless operations.

This weekend, musicians of all skill levels and anyone wanting to listen to them are invited to “JamFest.” The event is already changing lives, thanks to the inspiring man who started it.

As he prepared to hit his shot, Luke paused—a man with a plan. Ever since doctors amputated his right leg above the knee at age 15 because of bone cancer, he's been playing golf one-legged, and he wasn't about to hit this shot any different. With all eyes on him, he removed his prosthetic leg, and—to general astonishment—handed it to Tiger Woods.

In Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1st Sgt. Cedric King of the 82nd Airborne was walking a patrol that would alter the trajectory of his life. In the course of his patrol, Sgt. King stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated beneath his feet. He spent eight days in a coma, awakening to find he’d lost both legs in the explosion. Broken in mind and body, he connected with the Panthers and head coach Ron Rivera — and found new purpose and new meaning to his life.

There’s always a level of danger present in high-altitude mountaineering, especially as winter weather hits. Nick Noland, of Colorado Springs, experienced the full force of this risk on Oct. 22, when a dusk descent of 14,232-foot Mount Shavano left him lost and stranded on the peak overnight.

For nearly a decade, Jones, 33, has told his story to thousands of people, given motivational speeches to NFL teams and acted alongside a three-time Academy Award-winning actor.

Amy Bream is the first person to tell you she’s never considered herself athletic. That makes it all the more “surreal,” to use her words, that she’s featured in a video for Nike’s “Sport Changes Everything” campaign.

A Michigan man who became a quadruple amputee after he developed an extremely rare form of strep throat is crediting his positive outlook and determination — and his wife — for returning to an active lifestyle.

"Part of my motto is to always stay positive and to look at the brightest side possible," Lera said. "You should always surround yourself with good people who care about you and your life."

The 38th Annual Wineglass Marathon showcased the very best of courage and strength. Those traits were visibly on display across the face of half-marathon record-breaking winner Brian Reynolds as he made his way toward the finish line on Market Street.

A woman who is missing part of her arm became fed up with a lack of amputee representation in media, so she decided to create her own — and the result has warmed the hearts of thousands.

New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and Daisy-May Demetre just made a big debut that will stand the test of time. Demetre is a 9-year-old double-amputee model who walked on the runway during the Lulu et Gigi show on Sunday.

The Daniel Cloy story. Truley an inspiration.