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Teenage footballer who lost his lower legs just happy to be alive

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Adam Golebiewski was only 17 when the crash happened in Macduff , Aberdeenshire .

He was a passenger in a car alongside friends when it crashed in the early hours of September 8 .

The teenager was taken to hospital, where his legs were amputated below the knee.

He celebrated his 18th birthday during his rehabilitation in hospital in Aberdeen .

He is due to be fitted for prosthetics in the coming days .

"It will hopefully get easier, I am just very thankful for everything. "It's like a young child at Christmas , just wanting to get going. "Everyone says no pain no gain - I'll be alright. "Football helped me stay positive, fighting for something, and it's the same here, I'm fighting to get back on my feet as soon as I can.".

VR Score

56

Informative language

47

Neutral language

43

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

29

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1

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