'It is beyond words.'
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"He was getting close to achieving everything that he dreamt that he would be," she continued. "He had gone to medical school, he got into a top orthopedic residence surgery program like he wanted to and he was living his best life." His son Alex told "GMA" that "being able to have that accident and then be able to get back on his feet and keep doing what he loves -- he inspires me by not giving up."
At the University of Michigan, Okanlami has made it his mission to build the adaptive sports and fitness program to inspire students like wheelchair tennis athlete Caiden Baxter and others to find their joy again. "It starts with a dream and a vision and Dr. O's vision is understanding that he wants access for more people," Jessica Wynne, head wheelchair basketball coach, told "GMA."
Okanlami's mother, meanwhile, said it was her son's resilience and faith that "allowed him to take an injury and an accident that really could have dug him into a big hole" and helped him turn it "into a launching pad, from which he has launched all kinds of other opportunities to help people and to inspire people."
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