On January 26, 2019, Ryan Danley was in a life-changing snowmobile accident
22 days after his 30th birthday. The accident left him with a severe spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. Ever since, he has been battling the greatest fight of his life and won’t stop until he is back on his feet.
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Ryan gives speech on the front stairs of Thomas Worthington High School, his alma mater, on 6.7.20
Ryan is interviewed by Dr. Trent Bowers, superintendent of Worthington Schools as part of the school district’s 2020 Convocation - Story
Ryan joins the board of Safe Harbor Peer Support Services. The mission of Safe Harbor Peer Support Services is to provide a welcoming, physically and emotionally safe environment, where Delaware and Morrow County adults with mental illness can receive peer support, socialization, education and opportunities to work on their mental health recovery.
“I cannot begin to describe what it’s like to be a prisoner in my own body, unable to move. I can’t tell you what it’s like to go from being in the best shape of your life to watching your body atrophy and being able to do nothing about it. I can’t tell you what it’s like to wear a diaper as a 30-year-old man. I can’t describe the mind fuck that one goes through having an ailment with no cure or being labeled as ‘disabled.’
I can’t tell you what it’s like to turn 30, entering the best years of your life after fighting and fighting to better myself only to have it all halt 22 days later. But, I can tell you one thing: I lived. Life may not ever be the same, but I’ll never give up. This is just right now. And right now, the parking is better. I can’t step on legos. I get a lifetime pass to all the national parks. I get on airplanes first. I always have somewhere to sit. And I’m finding out just how beautiful people can be. Love is getting me through this — so much love. ”
