THE STORY OF AMPLIFE™ FOUNDER
ABDUL "510 DEATH CHEATER" NEVAREZ
ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2012, WHILE RIDING HOME ON MY HARLEY, I WAS HIT BY A CAR CAUSING ME TO WRAP AROUND A PEDESTRIAN POLE.
THE CAR NEVER STOPPED.
I WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL 30 MILES AWAY & IMMEDIATELY TAKEN INTO SURGERY TO SAVE MY LIFE. I ENDURED MULTIPLE SURGERIES FOR MY INJURIES: COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEFT HUMERUS, CAUSING BRACHIAL PLEXUS, TORN BLADDER, & COMMINUTED PELVIS. MY RIGHT ARM THANKFULLY WAS UNSCATHED, BUT MY LEFT ARM & LEG HAD SEVERE NERVE DAMAGE.
ON THE 23RD, I WENT INTO SURGERY FOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME BELOW MY RIGHT KNEE TO SAVE THE LEG. THE UPPER LEG WAS DEAD ON THE 24TH, SO THEY AMPUTATED MY RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE IN ORDER TO SAVE MY LIFE.
I LOST MORE THAN 100 UNITS OF BLOOD, 10X THE AVERAGE AMOUNT HUMANS HOLD. NO OTHER LIVING PERSON RECEIVED THAT MUCH BLOOD IN THE HOSPITAL'S HISTORY & SURVIVED. I WAS IN THE ICU FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS, RECOVERED IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 6 WEEKS, & CAME HOME JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!
IN 2014, MY WIFE PRISCILLA & I TURNED MY TRAGEDY INTO AMPLIFE™, A LIFESTYLE BRAND OFFERING UNIQUE, INSPIRING, HIGH QUALITY APPAREL REPRESENTING THAT AMPLIFE™, EMPOWERING ADAPTIVE, AMPUTEES & ABLE BODIED ALL OVER THE WORLD!
OUR AMPLIFE™ MISSION IS TO HELP & INSPIRE AMPUTEES & THOSE WITH ADAPTIVE ABILITIES! IMPOSSIBLE IS JUST AN OPINION. EVERYDAY, WE PUSH THROUGH, AGAINST ALL ODDS. WE ARE ALL BORN & BUILT CHAMPIONS PUSHING LIMITS. AS AN AMPUTEE & A PERSON WITH ADAPTIVE ABILITIES, LIFE IS FULL OF THEM. THE STRUGGLE IS DAILY. BE PROUD. PUSH LIMITS. INSPIRE.
THIS JOURNEY HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY ONE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT ALL OF US, AS AMPUTEES & PEOPLE WITH ADAPTIVE ABILITIES POSSESS INNERSTRENGTH LIKE NO OTHER. EVERY DAY WE PUSH HARD TO MOVE FORWARD. AMPLIFE™ IS ABOUT THAT INNERSTRENGTH THAT IT TAKES TO LIVE LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS.
112 = AMPLIFE™.
A = 1ST LETTER. L = 12TH LETTER.
112 REPRESENTS THE INNERSTRENGTH, DETERMINATION, & COURAGE THAT OF ALL US WITH ADAPTIVE ABILITES & AMPUTEES HAVE, PUSHING LIMITS EVERYDAY. WE HAVE SURVIVED OUR OWN BATTLES. EVERYDAY WE GET UP AND FIGHT. YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR DESTINY. NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT. NEVER SURRENDER.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE AMPLIFE™ ATTITUDE!
CAN’T STOP. WON’T STOP. REFUSE TO STOP.
CO-FOUNDERS OF AMPLIFE™