Community comes out to support N.B. boy through running, walking, and biking [Video]

It was a brisk afternoon, but nothing was going to stop Levi Sutherland from seeing his friends.

Levi was one of around 150 participants for the Iron Run, a five-kilometre walk, run and bike benefit in Riverview’s Mill Creek Creek Nature Park.

The 16-year-old continues to recover from a diving accident that almost took his life back in June.

Levi and his friends Chase Nagle, Elliot Arbuckle, and Weston Baisley were celebrating the last day of school in a pool when Levi had a freak accident.

His friends acted quickly and saved Levi’s life.

His recovery started at the IWK Hospital in Halifax before beginning treatment with the team at the Stan Cassidy Centre in Fredericton.

Paralyzed from the waist down with diminished upper body function, Kelly Sutherland said her son is doing pretty well.

“This is his first weekend home overnight, so it’s been a few adjustments, but he’s excited to get home and back to the …