VIDEO: Paralysed teen surprises graduation by walking across the stage

A high school student who was told he had less than a five percent chance of walking again after a diving accident stunned the audience at his graduation when he rose from his wheelchair and walked across the stage to collect his diploma.

VIDEO: Paralysed teen surprises graduation by walking across the stage

Parker Haller was left paralysed three years ago after he shattered his spinal cord diving headfirst into a wave in Ocean City, Maryland,

Doctors told him it was unlikely he would ever walk again.

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