Wayland Cancer Survivor Snaps Amazing Photo on Sudbury River

WAYLAND, MA - Wayland resident Jothy Rosenberg lost his leg to cancer when he was only 16 years old but that hasn’t stopped him from biking across Massachusetts and paddling on the Sudbury River.

Rosenberg was spending the day on the river with his golden retriever, Abra, when he noticed how beautiful the clouds looked on the river.

Abra was sitting really still, so Rosenberg was able to capture the incredible photo shown above.

“The sky and the water looked exactly the same, you couldn’t tell which way was up and which way was down,” Rosenberg told Patch.

When Rosenberg isn’t taking breathtaking photos he's accomplishing incredible athletic feats and helping others overcome their own obstacles.

Rosenberg is the founder of the Who Says I Can’t Foundation, which raises money to pay for equipment and coaching to help people participate in sports despite major injuries or illnesses.

The name of the foundation comes from a personal experience Rosenberg had: one day when he was talking about the Boston to New York AIDS Ride, somebody told him "too bad you can’t do that on one leg.”

“I bought a bike that afternoon,” Rosenberg told Patch.

Rosenberg went on to complete the Boston to New York AIDS ride several times before moving onto the Pan Mass challenge, a 192-mile two-day ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown that benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The Who Says I Can't foundation aims to help other people with disabilities accomplish things they never thought possible.

Recently, the foundation helped a little girl suffering from cerebral palsy ski with her family by buying her a sled-like apparatus that her father can push in front of him as he hits the slopes.

"She can't walk and she can't talk but [her parents] can tell that she's excited," Rosenberg said.

Photos courtesy of Jothy Rosenberg