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‘Rise up’.
Those were the sage words of advice given to Northern Rivers young leaders by 2021 Young Australian of the Year and Invictus Games champion Nathan Parker.
Speaking to a crowd of 300 local primary and high school students, Mr Parker shared his incredible story of overcoming adversity on Thursday morning.
Following an Australian Defence Force bus crash, Mr Parker lost his arm- an event which the young gun trainee pilot said changed his whole life trajectory “overnight”.
“I’d gone from a fit healthy 20-year-old to an amputee,” he told the crowd.
“I remember all these questions going through my head, like ‘why me’ or ‘what did I do to deserve this?’.
The New South Wales Young Australian of the Year has today addressed primary and high school leaders from across the Northern Rivers.
Lismore’s own Nathan Parker spoke about resilience during his speech and fielded questions from the young audience.
Mr Parker lost his left arm in 2015 after he was involved in an ADF bus crash near Goulburn.
But the incident hasn’t held him back – he’s gone on to win gold medals at the Invictus Games and receive his commercial pilot license.
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