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Travis Mills and Memphis Lafferty. See more of Katie Norris’ photos at Fotolanthropy.com

Lake Highlands filmmaker and philanthropist extraordinaire Katie Norris won much acclaim for her inspiring documentary “Travis: A Soldier’s Story,” which examines the life of Travis Mills, one of five quadruple-amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Read more about the movie, Norris’ other films and her nonprofit organization Fotolanthropy here].

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Now Norris is telling the story of fellow Lake Highlands High School graduate Chris Lafferty’s son Memphis Lafferty, a 10 year old who lost all four of his limbs at age 6 months, after contracting bacterial meningitis.

“Hi, my name is Memphis. When I grow up I want to be the strongest, but I don’t know if I will ever be” — that’s what Memphis said to Katie when they first met.

At that moment, she was sure she wanted to document the boy’s story.

“He said this with grit, and I instantly knew this is one of the strongest kids that I will ever meet.”

Norris, who makes inspiring films about struggling people who beat the odds, teamed up with the Laffertys through a charity called KiddNation. Memphis wanted to meet Travis Mills, the subject of Norris’ first feature film.

It was incredible to watch Memphis and Travis together, Norris says.

“Here are two unique guys that can understand one another more than anyone ever will. They are both full of will power and determination. They both know they have two choices — to quit or to never give up,” Norris notes. “It brought tears to my eyes to see Memphis look up to Travis and find hope knowing that he could have a great life and will be able to do the things Travis can one day.”

Travis let Memphis try out his prosthetic arm to see how it works.

“It was priceless to watch Memphis bring the arm to life,” Norris recounts.

See the Fotolanthropy photos and blog post about Memphis here, and check out Norris’ Fotostraps, which benefit the Fotolanthropy projects.

The Lafferty family hopes to secure Memphis his very own prosthetic arm for Christmas. A donation to the Memphis Lynn Lafferty fund could help.