“For a year, I have resigned myself to being in an armchair but I am here, I have all my head and my health, my family and my friends are present, so I am not going to feel sorry for myself.
» Mathias Dantin is disarming.
This 18-year-old young man carries incredible strength of character and dignity.
Installed in the kitchen of his parents' mountain house, in Momères (Hautes-Pyrénées), under the protective gaze of his grandpa Jojo, he never loses his big smile.
This Friday, January 19, his father Jérôme and his mother Fabienne are launching the Courage Mathias association to provide for the needs of their son, whose life changed a year ago.
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On December 14, 2022, the young man was the victim of a bad tackle during a National School Sports Union (UNSS) rugby match in Tarbes, which left him quadriplegic.
He was crushed under the weight of his opponent, who lost his balance.
After this accident, the practice of school rugby was suspended for a few months.
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