Lily James, a 13-year-old who was recently honored in Boston as an American Society of Plastic Surgeons Patient of Courage, will donate the $5,000 honorarium to the Medic One Foundation to fund pediatric advanced life support training for 24 future Medic One paramedics – training her family credits with saving her life after a Lake Washington boating accident at age seven.

Her right foot, which was attached only by tendons, was successfully replanted thanks to the quick actions of Dr. Michael Copass, Medic One paramedics, and subsequent surgeries at Harborview Medical Center. She was cited as “an amazing example of someone who has triumphed over adversity… and who is always prepared to give back to her community, running a lemonade stand to benefit Harborview Medical Center and Medic One Foundation.”

In 2009, James nearly drowned and her feet were almost severed when an inflatable flew off on her family’s boat and she was caught in the tow rope.

Paramedics treated her on the dock of the Mercer Island Beach Club to keep her alive, and a series of surgeries since then have allowed James to regain the full use of her feet.

“I will always be thankful,” James said. “We are fortunate to have Medic One in our community.”