A teenager's recovery from a severe motorcycle accident has inspired his Oklahoma community to rally around him and support his healing journey.
"He is a miracle after miracle, every single day. We are just watching how God is just working," said Leslie Cooper, Ryder Vannoy's mother. Advertisement
Ryder, 15, is known to his classmates as the funniest boy in school and to his neighbors as the "frequent flyer" for his love of riding up and down the streets.
To his family, however, Ryder is a miracle.
"I got a phone call at work that he had been in an accident," Cooper said. "When we got to the hospital, the police and the chaplain were waiting on us. When we walked in, they told us he was not expected to make it."
On July 8, Ryder was riding his motorcycle on Cemetery Road in Yukon whe