“It was a really rough year.”

“I did a victory dance at the finish line.”

“Everything was incredible.”

“At first, my brain couldn’t comprehend that its entire upper jaw was missing.”

“I feel fantastic!”

“They’re just in a crisis that you and I may never understand.”

“Here they are, listening.”

“This is really just about being kind.”

“I just wanted to help someone, if I could, not have to worry about their child.”

“I had just started using a walker for the first time in my life and I wanted to invent something that would help me to remember to use it.”

“I know what it feels like to be insecure. I know what it feels like to not be accepted. I know what it feels like to be looked over and looked past, all those things.”

Miln, however, was in the machine for over an hour before rescuers could free him and managed to remain conscious “the entire time.” 

“The stadium was filled with signs made from fans in support of Hamlin.”

“After I was accepted, it was the most amazing moment and just knowing I reached the goal of getting into med school at this age was amazing for me.”

“I’m just really proud because it’s been hard to like learn everything in such a short time and we all do really really good and i’m just proud of all of my siblings and I for that. It’s just amazing.”

“I never asked anybody to believe what I was saying  What I did was say for any and everybody to simply admit that if what I was saying was true, that I had been wrongly convicted. But the only way you can reach that conclusion is to delve into the depths of my situation. Natlie Figgers did. I owe her my life.” 

“I am thankful we left the video posted as I have spoken to a number of mothers going through similar experiences.”

%%excerpt%% A naturally gifted athlete across many sports," according to Women's Sports Foundation, Meyers Taylor grew up in a household of athletic excellence.

“They didn’t know what else to do.”