Their “little knight” achieved his goal of being able to run, jump and swim again, announced the family of a boy who ended up with life-threatening injuries after a teenager threw him from the 10th floor of London’s Tate Modern art gallery. The young Frenchman was six years old when teenager Jonty Bravery, then 17, threw him from a balcony. The boy, who was on vacation with his parents in August 2019 when he was attacked, survived the 30-meter fall but sustained life-changing injuries including brain hemorrhage and bone fractures. His family said in an update on their GoFundMe page that they are happy he managed to make progress in running, jumping and swimming before his next surgery.
“Of course, he can’t do what other children his age do, but we can no longer describe what he does in any other way than by saying he runs, jumps and swims. It’s different, only for a few meters or at very low height, but it’s an incredible achievement,” his family stated.
It’s worth noting that the little boy, who spent months in intensive care, continued to gain cognitive resilience.
His family said that although his memory abilities were still very limited, they were functional and improving, so “he was acquiring general knowledge at his own pace, which allowed him to integrate more and more with other children.”
“Mission accomplished”
“He’s also maturing and, thanks to his work with the psychomotor therapist, now allows himself to relax. Previously, to compensate for his weakness on the left side, he kept his right side constantly tense, which caused him pain. Today, our teenager (we must admit reality, he’s no longer a little boy) has understood that he needs to take breaks. We have to remind him less,” they added.
He also achieved a long-term goal he had with his father: “Since we live a few kilometers from the sea, they had set as their ultimate goal to have a picnic on the beach and then return. After several progressive training sessions, they finally completed the 2.5-hour journey. They returned exhausted but happy. Mission accomplished.”
