A teenage boy was left paralysed from the neck down after playing in the school playground. Harry Clapham was "messing around with friends" during a break at King's School Hove in Hangleton when he had a knock to the back of his neck. This knock led to the then 13-year-old from Hove being rushed to hospital the next day and losing movement in his torso, arms and legs.
He was left needing a wheelchair and spent seven months in hospital - and is now learning how to use his body again. READ MORE: Brighton 'could grow to include Shoreham and other towns and villages' Speaking to The Argus, Harry's father, Tim Clapham, explained how their son's injury has changed their lives forever, and how grateful they are to the 300 people and counting who have raised more than £12,000 to help with treatment costs. "There was nothing malicious at school, it was just kids messing around, just one of those things," Tim said, recalling the day it happened in the middle of last year.
“He came home and said that his neck hurt a bit and that he was just going to put some ice on it. But he didn't really tell us about what had happened. “That evening he was fine, he went to bed, got up in the morning, showered, breakfast, ready for school.
“And then I got a call about half nine, saying he was in the medical room. "They told me that he got off the bus and had been really tight for breath and managed to get himself to the medical room where he collapsed.” Shortly after an ambulance was called t.
