Murrieta teen left with severe traumatic brain injury walks across graduation stage

Murrieta teen left with severe traumatic brain injury walks across graduation stage

MURRIETA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Two years ago, the then 16-year-old Landis Hooper faced death, no one knew if she would be able to walk or even talk again, let alone graduate from high school. The Vista Murrieta High School senior suffered a severe global traumatic brain injury in a crash that killed her friend, 17-year-old Gia Rizzo, just hours after they had celebrated Landis’s older brother Gavin’s high school graduation. Rizzo was also Gavi…

Teen Recovers From Severe Brain Injury to Walk Across Graduation Stage

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Two years ago, the then 16-year-old Landis Hooper faced death, no one knew if she would be able to walk or even talk again, let alone graduate from high school. The Vista Murrieta High School senior suffered a severe global traumatic brain injury in a crash that killed her friend, 17-year-old Gia Rizzo, just hours after they had celebrated Landis’s older brother Gavin’s high school graduation. Rizzo was also Gavin’s girlfriend. La…