Life Ignited

<p>In a split second <strong>Connor McKemey</strong> went from being an active athletic thirteen-year-old whose life revolved around school sports and family to being engulfed in flames from a propane tank explosion in his backyard. Passing out in the ambulance he woke up three months later to discover that 90 percent of his body had been burned.</p><p><br></p><p>Defying the grim 1 percent chance of survival doctors gave him the young teen tapped into his inner strength to rebuild his life. From coming to grips with what happened-and his drastically changed appearance-to coping with the pain of rehabilitation and over a hundred surgeries he faced adversity without losing sight of his dreams. </p><p><br></p><p>Through mental resilience he resumed playing sports in high school and college and became a coach for an elite lacrosse program. Today McKemey gives talks to audiences worldwide showing others that they too can come through excruciating challenges with a profound sense of self-acceptance.</p>