After a Huntington Beach hit-and-run left him with two broken legs and a long road to recovery, 21-year-old Anthony Challman got the surprise of a lifetime when his favorite gym influencer walked into his hospital room and, consequently, reconnected him with the couple who possibly saved his life.
“No way!” Challman exclaimed, according to social media star and Gym Positivity CEO Joey Swoll’s recount of the surprise visit. “I explained to him that his father emailed me, and I decided sending him an email wasn’t enough, I just had to come see him.”
Loved ones say Challman was hit when he was walking across the street around 10:30 p.m. on June 22 by a car driving roughly 60 mph. “It’s just difficult to think of a 21-year-old being left for dead, pretty traumatizing for all of us,” said Challman’s mother, April Challman…