“They give me motivation when I’m unmotivated,” Mingo Graham said
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- A man from Alaska found joy through building Lego sets after a motorcycle crash left him paralyzed and frozen in a twisted position
- Mingo Graham uses two fingers and his mouth to complete the intricate builds
- One such Lego set Graham has crafted includes a Harley-Davidson — the same model he was riding at the time of his life-changing crash
After a horrific motorcycle crash left a man’s body frozen in a twisted position, he finds healing through building complex Lego sets — using just two fingers and his mouth.
Mingo Graham spent eight months in the hospital after waking up from a coma at Stanford University, Aging Untold reported.
He had suffered broken bones in his neck and was paralyzed below the waist after his motorcycle smashed into a pole at 110 mph.
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“I don’t know what happened. I woke up a few months later from my coma,” Graham recalled to the outlet.
Graham, from Alaska, has since found joy in life by completing complicated Lego sets using only two fingers, including his thumb, and his mouth.
“They give me motivation when I’m unmotivated,” Graham said, per Aging Untold.
Graham began his healing journey by using Legos to build a Harley-Davidson — the same model he was riding at the time of his life-changing crash.
He admitted that it’s “taken a while for the peace to come” following the incident.
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“People are always blown away by my attitude and positivity,” Graham said.
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