Local teen inspires Alamo Heights

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Published: 11/09/2012 10:56 pm

Updated: 11/11/2012 7:37 am

SAN ANTONIO -- 13-year-old Christian Lewis was born with a profound hearing loss. But that hasn't stopped Lewis from becoming a force on the football field for Alamo Heights Junior School.

At age 4, Christian enrolled in Sunshine Cottage, a local school for hearing impaired children. With the help of a cochlear implant, Christian discovered an entire new world, and eventually found a talent on the football field.

Watch his amazing journey from a silent world to neighborhood hero.

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Bionicears - 12/3/2012 8:23 PM

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I was looking forward to watching the video, but you didn't caption the entire video. :( How ironic that you have story about a deaf kid playing football, hearing with the aid of CIs, and you can't be bothered to caption the entire video?

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