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Parents of a minor who suffered severe harm after being hurled from the top floor of the art gallery have announced their "brave warrior" has accomplished his target of managing to jump, swim, and run again.

The French boy was aged six when he was pushed off a ledge by a adolescent, at that time 17.

The boy, who was traveling with his parents in the summer of 2019 when attacked, lived through a 100ft plunge but received life-changing harm, like a bleed on the brain and shattered bones.

Relatives said in an news on a fundraising platform, they were happy that he had been capable to progress with his swimming, running and jumping before his upcoming surgery.

"He can't accomplish similar to other children of his age, naturally, but we cannot describe his actions in different terms than by saying it's running, jumping, and swimming."

"It's distinct, just for a couple of yards or a very small height, but it's an amazing accomplishment."

The child, who endured many months in critical care, has persisted to develop mental stamina.

Relatives explained although his memory skills were still very limited, they were operational and progressing, so he was "developing a basic understanding at his rate, which progressively allows him to be integrated with peers."

'Objective Met'

The family continued: "He's also maturing, and due to his therapy with the psychomotor therapist, he now enables himself to rest."

"Previously, to counteract his weakness on the left side, he maintained his right part constantly tense, which gave him suffering."

"Now, our youngster (we have to acknowledge the truth, he's grown up now) has understood that he has to allow himself rests; we have to remind him not as much."

Additionally, he has reached a long-standing goal with his father: "Because we live a few kilometres from the beach, they had set their ultimate aim of taking a picnic at the shore and then going home."

"Subsequent to multiple gradual training sessions, they finally finished their 150-minute excursion. They arrived home weary but thrilled. Mission accomplished."

After a court case at the Old Bailey, the youth was sentenced of attempted murder and was imprisoned in 2020 for a minimum of a decade and a half.