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‘Pandemic entertainment : How a Texas gymnast’s COVID-19 isolation led him flipping into viral fame
Michael Lewis, 23, never expected to break the internet by flipping around. Now that he has, he s building a viral career. Author: Matt Howerton Updated: 10:24 PM CDT April 29, 2021
THE COLONY, Texas Sometimes the simplest acts in our lives that we consider effortless end up being the inspiration, entertainment, or moment of enjoyable distraction a total stranger needs.
Michael Lewis didn t fully understand that until COVID-19 came to America, not until he went viral for doing the very thing he loves: flipping around. I was born and raised in a gym, Lewis said. My family taught gymnastics, so from age zero and on, I was in their gym because they were both coaches.
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“Then there s a big blank in my life,” he said.
Describing his story from home, Link said it took him a while to realize how close he came to being unable to tell it.
“It took people telling me these stories but the one that hit the hardest was when an ICU nurse that had been so awesome with me came to visit me after the ICU and said, ‘You are our COVID miracle’,” Link recalled.
After 32 days in the hospital, Link said what helped him pull through were prayers, family, friends and students who had an envelope full of cards waiting for him on his doorstep when he got home.