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==    Biography Jonathan Beninca Motivational and Educational Life Speaker ==

Jonathan Beninca was a robust 19-year-old who enjoyed all the usual things in a young man’s life - sport, socialising and partying.

One night, after drinking with mates, he decided to catch a train to another suburb. Thinking the trains had stopped he jumped down on the tracks and started walking.

That decision to take a short-cut across the train tracks was to change his life forever.

Walking along the rail corridor, Jonathan threw some rocks at a stationary train. One of them bounced back, hit his head and knocked him unconscious, on to the tracks.  The results were catastrophic.

Jonathan woke up in intensive care. Gone were his entire right arm, one leg below the knee and two fingers of his left hand.

He never even saw the train.

Jonathan – miraculously alive and highly articulate – has become an energetic ambassador for rail safety. He works with RailCorp as a Youth Safety Outreach Program coordinator and with the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia.

He is involved with the NSW Police traffic offenders program and engages with others on issues such as alcohol abuse and personal development.

Jonathan is a passionate motivational and educational life speaker at schools and community groups and at his weekend seminars. He addresses large corporate gatherings and also works with individual clients to assist them to achieve the results they desire.

He has a striking presence with a powerful, lasting message.

Now 29, Jonathan lives in Southern Highlands with his wife and three young children.

Jonathan Beninca is media trained and has appeared on channel 7, 9, 10 and ABC news reports in Western Australia. He has appeared on Channel 7’s Sunrise morning show, Today Tonight and has been interviewed by various radio presenters in Sydney and in Perth including the Allan Jones Show.

Jonathan can be contacted on jbeninca@bigpond.net.au for a booking request.