25-year-old Ahmet Serdar Demir became spinal cord paralyzed after the accident in the water when he was 17. Demir, who resumes life with sports after 7 years of physical therapies, has been trying to regain his losses in water. 24 year-old Dilan Onğulu who is born without arms and legs, races for the championship without giving up and saying ‘If Dilan does it, everyone can do it’. The success of many young people like Serdar and Dilan has been the subject of photography exhibitions. The young people who are in the frames of photography artist Neşe Arı, came together in the exhibition ‘Hold on to the Life’ hosted by Istanbul Gelisim University. Photography artist Neşe Arı, saying that each photograph and person has a different story and said: “I watched an athlete coming from scratch one to the present. This was very important to me.”
HIS DEAD BODY GOT OUT OF WATER
Ahmet Serdar Demir, who had lived healthily until the age of 17, broke his neck by jumping into shallow water during his vacation in 2011. Saying that his dead body was removed from the water and that there were a doctor and a nurse were on the beach by chance, Demir said: “They applied first aid to me. After that, I had a surgery, a platinum was put on my neck and my physical therapy started. I've had physical therapy for 7 years in different places. As a result of physical therapy, I started to maintain my own life. I started swimming a year ago. In a short period of time, I developed so much physically. Our training was very intense. I got the 3rd rank in my first competition twice in Turkey and also the 2nd rank twice in Turkey. I won the Turkish championship in this year's competitions of mine. I want to represent our country in Europe by winning national team auditions.”
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