East Texas wheelchair athlete to compete in USA Paralympic track and field competition

WASKOM, Texas — Sixteen-year-old Ryan Davis has always been a dedicated athlete.  

As a child, he enjoyed playing T-ball and made the all-star team. At 6 years old, an automobile wreck changed the Waskom native’s life forever, resulting in a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down.  

But instead of letting the accident change his love of sports, he decided to approach his new life in a wheelchair like a champion.  

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