WWLTV: In a split second a man's life changed forever, May 10, 2019
Split Second Foundation • August 12, 2019
The New Orleans native wants to bring the exercise that has helped him back to his hometown, where thousands could use it.
From WWLTV:
Going to a gym to work out is easy for most, but more than 300,000 people in Louisiana have some form of disability when it comes to walking and moving.
Tens of thousands live in the New Orleans area.
One young man, whose life changed in a split second, wants to build a special gym for them.
"As I was praying, I remember, I didn't make it to the end of the prayer," said Mark Raymond.
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Watch Split Second Foundation founder Mark Raymond Jr. in his appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show this Tuesday, May 7th!
The last thing Mark Raymond Jr. remembers in those final seconds before the accident was standing in the back of his buddy’s boat at the end of a perfect July afternoon in 2016, and staring down into the waters of Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain. Then he dove in and instantly felt his forehead slam into the sandy bottom of the lake. “I couldn’t move and realized, 'I’m probably going to drown,’ " Raymond tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. “My last thoughts were about my mom and just praying that my friends would realize what was happening.” He was close to death when his pals pulled him out of the water and performed CPR. Two weeks later, Raymond awoke from a medically induced coma in a New Orleans hospital to discover that he’d fractured the fifth vertebrae in his neck and could no longer walk or fully use his hands. “I quickly learned that my life was going to be really different,” he says. “To call it a huge adjustment is an understatement.” Read more.
Split Second Fitness founder Mark Raymond Jr. talks about his organization which is the first gym focusing on individuals with a disabling condition and transforming individuals’ hope into action. Read more.
