CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — After he was hit by a car two years ago, Nathan Wolford thought he wouldn’t be able to do the things he loves. He was wrong.
In 2017, Wolford landed a summer job working for the Department of Public Works in Fremont.
“I got put on the brush pickup crew,” he said. “I was hit from behind by a car. A car crashed into me and pinned me up against the back of the wood chipper. I was pinned between the car and the wood chipper for roughly an hour.”
It was an hour to think about what had happened, how it happened and what it meant for his future.
“There was part of me (that knew) things aren’t going to be the same anymore,” Wolford said.
Doctors tried to save Wolford’s legs but an infection took over. Amputating his legs above the knees became the only option.
“I started thinking about all the things that I thought I was never going to be able to do again,” Wolford said. “Like play drums, run around with my friends and hang out, go to concerts, things like that. I was just like, I’m never going to be able to do anything of this stuff ever again.”
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