Noelle Lambert has long been a survivor. Now she’s playing one on TV. After losing a leg in 2016, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sprinter hopes to be the first person with a prosthetic leg to win CBS’s long-running hit “Survivor.” Season 43 of the Emmy-winning reality show premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. Of the 646...
A 9-year-old boy from Merrimack who had part of his leg amputated during a battle with cancer can play sports again thanks to a donation from a New England-based organization. Last year, Aiden Collyar was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive soft tissue cancer. Advertisement His battle resulted in the amputation of his lower right leg....
A New Hampshire boy got a special gift at a Cambridge race that promotes inclusive environments Sunday.
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) — A nine-year-old Merrimack, New Hampshire boy got the chance to try something new this weekend. Aiden Collyar lost his leg to cancer a year ago. On Sunday, he was a special guest at the Bionic 5K in Cambridge on Sunday.
The Born To Run Foundation is ending the year 2021 by making two new prosthesis donations, announcing the 15th and 16th recipients who have benefited from the foundation’s mission to provide athletic-related artificial limbs to young amputees who want to lead active lives. “Three years ago, when I made the first donation of a...
The Born To Run Foundation announced today that its founder Noelle Lambert has been named to represent Team USA at the Tokyo Paralympic games to compete in the 100-meter race in Track & Field at the Tokyo games. Lambert, an above the knee amputee, will compete in the T63 Division (above the knee amputee). She...
Jenny takes a trip to Manchester, New Hampshire to speak with Noelle Lambert, an inspiring athlete competing in the 2021 Paralympics.
Dave Hiler has long been a runner. The co-owner of a Brattleboro restaurant and brewery ran the Boston Marathon in 2015 and 2016. Then, in 2018, after a half marathon in Burlington, Vt., “I looked down and had these lumps on the side of my leg.” Doctors told him it was a benign cartilage disease....
The Born to Run Foundation has received a donation from the Feeney Family of Melrose for $8,150 to help provide athletic prostheses for young people to lead active and fulfilling lives. The Feeney Family, parents Shawn and Jill and children Jack and Ryan, hosted a virtual fundraiser on Facebook, The Pot of Gold Fundraiser, where...
