Long Island teen inspired by local slain Navy SEAL hero overcomes paralysis — and now wants to join up

Fuente: New York Post

A paralyzed teenage Long Island wrestler says he took inspiration from a local fallen Navy SEAL to recover — and now hopes to follow in his hero’s footsteps and join the elite unit. Finn Schiavone, 16, of Bay Shore suffered a traumatic brain injury in the eighth grade after accidentally being tossed off a wrestling mat and into a heating pipe, leading to the nightmare that no kid or parent would ever want to face. “I wasn’t able to walk, I could barely talk, I lost lots of my vision.