the 11-year-old Colt Croser from Cobargo in New South Wales, Australia, was earlier in the year, in the process of tethering his horse, when it suddenly became frightened and ran away.
Unfortunately, reached the young boy not to pull his fingers to him, and when the horse ran away, was sitting the fingers still stuck in the halter. Colt Croser got torn fingertips on the index finger and tommeltotten of.
The 11-year-old rider has since been through an extensive operation, and subsequently he was bedridden and could not get into the school in three months. However, it took no courage from the Colt Croser, who used the time to think about how the violent accident could have been avoided.
– It was there, I found on the Rein Angel, he says to the australian, the ABC, and continues:
– I thought that if I can make a difference in the world, so I better do it now.
The many thoughts, the young boy did care about the accident from sygesengen eventually, he found a solution. Now he’s the inventor behind the Rein Angel – a halter that is designed to break when it gets tightened too much.
The 11-year-old rider has already been through more things than many grown people. Private: Kristen Cowdroy
He explains that he broke out in tears when he recently got to know that his invention has won over thousands of other inventions of others in his grade level in the competition littleBIGidea. As part of the prize shall Colt Croser visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in the UNITED states.
His mother, Kristen Cowdroy, says to Ekstra Bladet that she is incredibly proud of his son.
– My children are my everything, so to see him get this fantastic price is going to change his life, says the proud mother.
She says that the Colt Croser has already been through much in her short life. Among other things, he lost tragically his younger brother seven years ago, and this year he came out of the severe accident with his horse.
– the Colt has, unfortunately, been forced to become an adult very early, so it’s nice to see something good come out of something so bad, says Kristen Cowdroy to Ekstra Bladet.
Although the young australian missed three months of school and also have been through several months of rehabilitation, can the mother proudly said that he is not really fallen behind with the things he loves to do – such as football, horse riding and running on his crosser.
– the Colt has full feeling in his fingers, which the doctor said would take up to five years to get, if he even got it, says Kristen Cowdroy.
