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Nine year old Ryan Feeney of Melrose was gifted a ‘running blade’ prosthesis by the Born to Run foundation. With his new prosthesis, Ryan will now be able to play soccer, basketball and tackle football.

Born to Run foundation started by New Hampshire woman gives running blade to boy. Watch the video below:

MELROSE (CBS) – A young athlete who has already shown great strength received the gift of a lifetime. Even in a swarm of boys playing basketball, Ryan Feeney stands out. That’s because the Melrose 4th grader never stops smiling. And watching that handsome, happy face – it might take a moment to realize Ryan has...

MELROSE, Mass. — Seven years ago, Jill Feeney and her husband made the agonizing decision to amputate their son’s right leg below the knee. Ryan Feeney, of Melrose, was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and tibial dysplasia. After a rod surgery failed before his first birthday, they felt the amputation would give their son the...

MELROSE, Mass. — Kindness moves mountains. When he was almost two-years-old, Ryan Feeney’s parents had to make the difficult decision of amputating his right leg after surgery failed to fix a condition known as NF-1, which prevented his tibia from growing correctly. They worried this would hinder him in life, but thanks to a generous...

It’s a big day and a life-changing gift for a young Melrose athlete who has no intention of taking things slow. Ryan Feeney is just 9 years old but he has already developed a love for sports beyond his years. Now, with the help of the Born to Run Foundation, he can join in on...

An athlete her entire life, Noelle Lambert’s ambitions nearly ended in 2016 when she lost her left leg in a moped crash. Instead, the crash set in motion a new beginning for the Londonderry woman, capped by a record-setting performance at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. The week leading into the games was...

Special. Amazing. Inspirational. These are the words that former UMass Lowell women’s lacrosse player Noelle Lambert uses to describe her recent experience at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai as a member of the United States Paralympic team. They’re also adjectives that could be applied to Lambert, who has been meeting every goal she’s...

Noelle Lambert doesn’t remember getting into the starting blocks. She has no recollection of sprinting the 100M in the World Championships — or setting a U.S. record. With so much adrenaline, “I honestly blacked out while I was completing the race. Which was good, because I’m usually overthinking it,” says Lambert, 22, who graduated from...