‘I’m still here.”

Rebecca Koltun is reminded of that whenever she’s on the Jones Beach boardwalk, her favorite spot on Long Island, and feels the wind on her face.

The Plainview resident, 26, is still going to the city, concerts, the movies and coffee shops with friends.

She took milestone flights the past two winters, and a cruise over the summer.

She has entertained hundreds of thousands with her popular, darkly funny and enlightening videos across social media.

And she has made an impact through various speaking engagements, including to the Nasdaq Accessibility Network in Times Square in June and at the 2025 Spine Research Symposium, hosted by Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Illinois, in September.

When Koltun became a quadriplegic in March 2021 after a near-fatal skiing accide

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