NOAH THROOP
Donahue Fields had planned to enlist in the Marines. But at 19 he was hit by a stray bullet one night in the Bronx, New York. He lost both his legs. Doctors told him he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. But when he took up boxing, everything changed.
Some people see the sport as violent. Fields has a different perspective. For him, boxing awakens the spirit. It’s a fulfilling physical and mental challenge. Fields fell in love with the sport and wanted to use it to empower disabled people. So he founded U.S. Adaptive Boxing. Now, he runs a boxing camp where he teaches people how to throw jabs, block punches, and how to get comfortable with the way their wheelchairs move in the ring. The amount of satisfaction he gets out of seeing others benefit from boxing is immense. “This is what I have to work with, and I affect many in a positive way,” he says. “And that’s a great existence.”
Director: Noah Throop
Producer: Noah Throop
Cinematography: Noah Throop, Farhod Family
Editor: Noah Throop
Senior Producer: Samantha Stamler
Supervising Producer: Sadie Bass