No excuses: "wingless" flight Jessica Cox

Have you ever tried to hold a spoon toes? A pen or comb? No, do not use these things on purpose, but simply and securely hold long.

Jessica Cox eating, writing, working on the computer, insert contact lenses (!), combed, color eyes, and perform other household tasks all my life down.

At the forefront of

Jessica was born on February 2, 1983, in the small town of Sierra Vista (Arizona, USA). The girl was born without both hands. Why?

The answer to this question for a long time searched for doctors and parents of Jessica. Not finding it, Mom and Dad girls have decided that now their task - to teach her daughter to live a full life.

They underlay her toys at his feet, developing the sensitivity; not afraid that the whole kitchen will be porridge, landing with her daughter at the table legs. As a result, Jessica has learned to feed himself, get dressed, and then, when I went in a completely normal school, to write.

At school, she began to do gymnastics, enrolled in a swimming pool and a dance club. Soon it was time to the first performance on the stage - little Jessica was scared. She asked the choreographer to put it back in order not to confuse the public. The teacher said that there will be no "back row" for her.

Performing a dance, Jessica bathed in applause and enthusiastic audience understood - it is only a place in the forefront.

Black belt

no excuses I did not want to hear from Jessica Cox and taekwondo coach in the section to which the girl came at the age of 10 years. He said he would work with her on one condition - there are no exceptions. Jessica agreed.

After 4 years of study, she received 1st dan - a black belt - according to the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF).

After school, Jessica was admitted to the University of Arizona, where she continued playing sports. She has mastered another technique and won yet another black belt, this time according to the American Taekwondo Association.

Flight

Jessica Cox all learned the lessons of their parents - to live a full life - and the principles of Taekwondo - perseverance, self-control, firmness of spirit.

She does not wear dentures (rubbed and require regular charging), surfing, diving, snowboarding and drives a car. At the same time it has the most ordinary driver's license - without any special markings and restrictions.

The one thing all my life afraid of Jessica - fly. According to her, the sky is always caused her fear. Even on a swing as a child she skated with eyes closed. Maybe that's why the question of the pilot non-profit organization Robin Wright Flight Stoddart, if she wants to learn to fly a plane, Jessica said, "Yes!".

Three years of training, to overcome themselves and their fears: the girl had literally every day to adapt - how to sit at the helm, as the reach of a switch. The hardest thing was to find a suitable aircraft. Jessica tried to fly to the four models, the most convenient appeared Ercoupe-415S.

October 10, 2008 Jessica Cox received a license-athlete pilot. It has become the world's first pilot without both hands, for which he got into the Guinness Book of Records.

"I seriously recommend that people with disabilities consider the activity of aviation", - said Jessica, - it helps to break the stereotype of helplessness disabled, set and achieve high goals. "

She is currently actively applies psychological knowledge gained in college and personal experience - Jessica speaks to the sick and healthy people, encouraging them to think outside the box. After all, for most of Jessica there is no phrase "I can not" is a phrase - "It is not learned." Incidentally, this smiling brown-eyed girl is now teach others to fly a plane - its first student just did not have a hand. Last spring, Jessica married.

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