Jessy Chen was almost murdered in 2006 and subsequently forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Keep an eye out for him next week playing table tennis in Paris.
Australian table tennis player Jessy Chen holds no animosity towards the man who almost murdered him with a machete in a racially motivated attack that put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.Jessy Chen competes in the mixed doubles at the Paris Paralympics.“You can’t do something now. It’s many years already, so for me, it’s all right.”
A burglary in the middle of the night at the family home almost ended in disaster as Chen was bludgeoned with a machete in the neck in a targeted attack from behind. “I can’t remember much. Everything started again. It took a long time to build up everything. It’s tough.”Chen learned that he would be a quadriplegic and never walk again. He spent months in rehabilitation to get his life back in order.Chen was unable to receive specific medical treatment in the Solomon Islands, so his family was granted a three-month visa to come to Australia.
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