‘I’ve been given a second chance’: North Tonawanda teacher raising funds for accessible van

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Jason McNair was given just a five percent chance of survival when he was hospitalized with COVID-19 in November of 2021.

Two days later, on Thanksgiving Day, he was placed in a medically induced coma and underwent a tracheotomy.

He remained in a coma for 50 days and spent two and a half years in hospitals and rehab facilities. The extended bed rest left him partially paralyzed, with limited use of his right leg and left hand. This led to a severe hip infection that required the removal of his right hip joint. But McNair never gave up, and he was finally discharged in June 2024…

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