FRISCO — En route from the TIRR Memorial Hermann Neurological Sleep Medicine Center to Frisco, Semyon “SJ” Williams Jr. and his family stopped at Buc-ee’s.
Louis Camper and his daughter, Anya, coordinated the stop for SJ, who had been in the hospital and rehab for a total of 103 days. He shattered his neck and spinal cord over the summer when he dived into a swimming pool while trying to get away from a wasp.
When the 13-year-old made it to Frisco with his grandfather, mother, and older brother, nearly 30 people cheered he was home.
“I learned more about him, honestly,” Anya Camper said. “So I’m grateful for the time that it was just me and him.”
Anya Camper has three other children and left her business to be at SJ’s side. Camper said that on June 20, her son asked her about going for a swim. She said no but eventually gave in.
SJ dove into a Frisco area pool to avoid a wasp, and the first day of summer turned into chaos. Eyan Cummings said he was at the pool with his friend when the freak accident happened.