Tam & Mom

Although no more motorbikes, watching Tam on a bicycle makes me nervous.


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Blog: Meet Tam
Date: April 5th 2006

Tam (pronounced TUM) is 17 and joined Karen’s outreach program for teens about 3 months ago. But it was only about one month into the program when he was in a serious motorbike accident. The accident had put him into a coma for 2 weeks, and left him with severe head injuries that required a series of neuro-operations. Remarkably, he is walking around today. But this is not the end of a happy sto ... read more







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