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Parents of a young boy who suffered critical injuries after being thrown from the top floor of the museum have announced their "courageous fighter" has reached his target of succeeding to swim, run, and jump once more.

This European child was six years old when he was hurled from a ledge by a youth, at that time 17 years old.

He, who was traveling with his parents in the summer of 2019 when attacked, endured a 30-meter fall but experienced life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and shattered bones.

Relatives said in an progress report on a crowdfunding page, they were pleased that he had been successful to advance with his jumping, swimming and running before his forthcoming surgery.

"He can't do it as kids of his age, of course, but we are unable to describe his movements in different terms than by terming it's running, jumping, and swimming."

"It varies, merely across a few meters or a minimal elevation, but it's an amazing achievement."

The boy, who passed months in intensive care, has kept to gain brain resilience.

Relatives stated although his memory skills were yet very limited, they were functional and progressing, so he was "developing a basic understanding at his own pace, which progressively allows him to be included with peers."

'Goal Achieved'

They added: "He's also developing, and because of his sessions with the physical therapist, he now permits himself to relax."

"Earlier, to counteract his disability on the left side, he kept his right-hand side constantly tense, which gave him suffering."

"Now, our pre-teen (we have to accept reality, he's no longer a child any longer) has understood that he needs to give himself pauses; we must alert him less often."

He has also reached a long-standing goal with dad: "Since we dwell a short distance from the ocean, they had established their final goal of taking a al fresco lunch at the seaside and then going home."

"Subsequent to multiple progressive training sessions, they ultimately finished their 150-minute journey. They returned tired but thrilled. Objective met."

After a trial at the court, the teenager was sentenced of trying to kill and was incarcerated in the year 2020 for at least a decade and a half.