More than a month after a teen was shot and ended up paralyzed, he received his high school diploma Tuesday night from Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School in Hialeah, Florida.

However, that's not the only gift he and his family got.

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Neamiah Johnson, 18, had no doubt he would graduate and get his diploma. The teen knows his story could have ended a month ago.

Johnson was outside his home when someone shot him several times, paralyzing him from the waist down. Miami-Dade detectives are still investigating and searching for the shooter.

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He had enlisted in the Marines only a week prior. He still asks why it happened.

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