“I had already dived off the block like four times, and it just went wrong that time,” Abby Buell, 15, recalled

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Kansas teen Abby Buell, 15, was paralyzed after striking her head while diving during swim practice, crushing her C6 vertebrae

After 58 days in the hospital, Buell has returned home and regained some mobility, and she hopes to rejoin everyday activities

“Obviously, this is going to change my entire life, but really it just took my summer away,” the teen said in an interview

A Kansas teen who was paralyzed after a diving accident at swim practice says she isn’t letting the injury stop her from returning to the life she loves.

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