Olympic Swimmer Amy Van Dyken Finds a New Purpose After Paralyzing Accident
Olympic Swimmer Amy Van Dyken Finds a New Purpose After Paralyzing Accident
Just 10 months after Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen was paralyzed from the waist down in an all-terrain vehicle accident, she tells PEOPLE, "I am out doing what I love again, feeling the wind in my hair."
"People see me all over the streets of Scottsdale [Arizona]," says Van Dyken-Rouen, who is driving again but often opts to ride around town in a wheelchair that looks like a Vespa. "I'm out taking the dog on his long walks again. I'm going to Starbucks with my friends. Basically anything that I used to do, I'm doing."
