Terry Vo has special kind of X Factor

By Ross McRae, The West Australian

Terry Vo aroused emotion throughout Australia with his inspirational story of enduring a horrific accident in 2005.

Star power: Terry Vo. Picture: Michael Wilson/The West Australian.

When he was just 10 years old, Vo was playing basketball in a friend’s backyard when he slam-dunked the ball, bringing the hoop, brick wall and gutters crashing down, severing both his hands and his left foot.

Although his foot could not be saved, doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital reattached his hands, enabling him to ultimately regain full movement in them.

Now 19 and studying biomedical science at the University of WA, Vo hopes to inspire again, but this time through music.

The Mirrabooka teenager found out this week that he has made it through to the live auditions of this year’s The X Factor.

Read the full article by Ross McRae from The West Australian.