Jason Chee has no legs, no left arm, is missing one finger and parts of two other fingers on his right hand and has only one eye. The Navy serviceman had lost his legs, left arm and suffered the injuries to his right hand in an accident aboard a Republic of Singapore Navy warship in 2012.
Yet a man who has lost so much still finds a way to win.
At this years Asean Para Games in Kuala Lampur, the courageous 34-year-old finally won the medal he had been longing for when he clinched his first individual gold in the men’s singles Class 2 event.
“Winning this gold was the most important moment for me. I have waited so long to win the gold,” said Chee, who competes in a wheelchair, as do all paddlers in classes 1-5. The higher the number, the greater the level of physical mobility. “I’m a fighter and I never give up – that’s my strength and that’s what I have within me.”
Source: The Straits Times, 22 September 2017