LaMagna broke his neck in a BMX bike crash in July 2025, which made him a candidate for the Dream On 3 trip, but his determination helped him get there. <\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, super excited,\u201d LaMagna said about the trip.<\/p>\n
His family joined him in Texas for the event, and they shared a photo from the F1 race track. \u201cTanner is a huge car fan and this is his dream to see all these fast cars this weekend,\u201d Tara LaMagna, his mother, said.<\/p>\n
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The crash<\/p>\n
Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean of News10NBC reported that David LaMagna, Tanner\u2019s father, was near the track when the accident happened. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we ran right out and I was holding his hand and I told him \u2018Don\u2019t move. Whatever you do, don\u2019t move.\u2019 But then I was holding his hand in the hospital, and I said \u2018move,’\u201d David LaMagna said.<\/p>\n
A hospital video after the crash showed Tanner move his hand and forearm.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood boy,\u201d his father said in the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still something that I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever get used to, but I\u2019ve come to the realization that that\u2019s okay,\u201d David LaMagna said.<\/p>\n
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RELATED: Community fundraiser supports Newark Boy recently involved in BMX race accident (Sept. 20, 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n The dream trip<\/p>\n Dream On 3<\/a>, the organization that sponsored the trip, helps children with life-altering conditions experience special sports moments. \u201cSo I think one of the things that anyone can takeaway from Tanner\u2019s story is just resilience,\u201d Becca Greer of Dream On 3 said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is full of laughter, he\u2019s full of gratitude, he\u2019s full of happiness,\u201d Greer said.<\/p>\n LaMagna reflected on his journey. \u201cI think pushing through this injury is something I never thought I could do,\u201d LaMagna said.<\/p>\n Follow Tanner on Facebook at Team Tanner<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Formula 1 race is Sunday.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0tanner lamagna<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Dream trip<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Formula 1 race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Tanner LaMagna of Newark traveled to Austin this week with his family to attend the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,160993,160994,160992],"class_list":["post-475110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-dream-trip","tag-formula-1-race","tag-tanner-lamagna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}