CHARLOTTE — Years after a tragic accident, a Charlotte family received a heartwarming surprise on Wednesday.
T’Kaiya Massey’s life was changed forever when she nearly died at just 11 years old. Now, she’s bound to a wheelchair and her family has struggled to get where they need to go.
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“I’ve been dealing with this and other issues for several years now,” her mother, Keanna Massey, said. “As she got grown and become a woman, now it’s hard for me to physically move her. I swallowed my pride and said, ‘You know what? I’ve got to get me a van.’”
Keanna Massey said she heard about the South Carolina nonprofit All Things Possible while watching Channel 9. She reached out and on Wednesday the nonprofit surprised the Massey family with a new wheelchair-accessible van.
“A huge relief -- this is 80% of my issue so it will help a whole lot,” Keanna Massey said. “A whole lot.”
>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9 reporter Tina Terry was there as the Massey family received their surprise van.
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