Will Makayla Noble be able to walk?
Will Makayla Noble be able to walk?
A cheerleader from Texas who was paralyzed in a freak accident in September 2021 has experienced the joy of walking again thanks to an exoskeleton.
What happened with Makayla?
On May 21, 2002 Makayla’s mother held her teenage daughter in her arms and rocked her slowly until Makayla’s heart stopped beating and she was dead. Three days before, the sixteen-year-old had been drinking alcohol at a party and later took the drug known as Ecstasy.
How did Makayla Noble break her neck?
Makayla Noble was a state championship cheerleader on her way to a college scholarship. But on Sept. 20, 2021, Noble, a junior in high school, was practicing for a homecoming pep rally performance with members of the football team in a friend’s backyard. During a routine flip, she fell and landed on her neck.
What happened to Makayla from Cheer Athletics?
The 17-year-old Prosper resident suffered a severe spinal cord injury while practicing tumbling—an acrobatic form of gymnastics—in a friend’s backyard on September 20, 2021. The injury occurred when Noble tried to do a flip but landed on her neck, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down and unable to move her hands.
