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Isaiah Peter Henn was born on October 27, 1996. He was born in Elyria, Ohio at Elyria Community Hospital. His mother was named Mary Johnson and his father is unknown. At the time of his birth, he was officially named Isaiah Peter Johnson. Due to excessive struggles with his mother at just the age of 14, he grew up without a father figure in his life. At the age of just four years, Isaiah's mother had another child named Isaac Paul Henn. He was born on May 15, 2000. A year after that, Mary Johnson had another kid, this time a daughter named Aubrey. Last name is unknown, but believed to be living with a relative, possibly the aunt. Faced with two younger siblings, Isaiah was faced with many responsibilities and challenges.

Early Years
Isaiah Henn took care of his younger brother and sister throughout his early years. While his mother was gone, supposedly on dates with other men, Isaiah was forced to provide care for his brother and sister. Not knowing how or what to do, he did the best he could so that his mother and his siblings would not have to stay and survive at the homeless shelter that their mother often took them to. At the age of five, Isaiah was taken into custody by Lorain County Children Services. He got to visit his birth mother on last time before being permanently taken away from her.

Foster Years
Beginning in the year 2001, Isaiah started his foster years with a woman named Jackie. Her last name is unknown to the public, due to security and privacy agreements set by the county of Lorain. Through his foster years, Isaiah's relationship with his brother was in and out, due to separations of the two. Children Services tried to keep them separate because of personal issues acquired in the beginning of the foster term. Isaiah went through ten foster homes, only staying at them for a maximum of one month. He suffered much trauma, due to older siblings. He had a baseball thrown at his head, causing him to have blurry vision. It would later be found out that this was one reason for his loss of vision, a disorder called " Lattice Degeneration." On the evening of June 4, 2003, he went to his last foster home. Here he and his brother were taken care of for 11 months, by foster parents John and Julie Smith. Through the Lorain County Foster Care System, Isaiah and Isaac were taught, fed, and clothed. During this time Isaiah attended classes at Oakland Elementary School.

Day of Adoption
On June 18, 2004, Isaiah Henn met his future adoption parents, at Dutch Heritage Inn, located off of route 97 W. After having some one-on-one time with these people, they played golf and ate. They then returned to Elyria. That night, they both stated that they loved these new parents that they had met.

For the remainder of 2004, Isaiah and Isaac kept having visits with his new foster family. On July 31,2004, Isaiah and Isaac Henn moved in with his foster parents, in Columbus, Ohio, two hours southwest of Elyria.

On February 1,2005, at Lorain County Courthouse, Isaiah and Isaac were adopted to Tim and Karin Henn. After that, Isaiah Isaiah returned to his new home in Galloway, Ohio. There, his friends and family held a surprise party for the new family. Isaiah attended a private school in Gahanna, Ohio, up until his third grade year.

Becoming Famous
On the morning of January 10, 2006, the biological daughter of Tim and Karin Henn, was born. This would be Isaiah's adopted sister, but no less his sister. Her name was Esther-Faith. She was born at Nationwide Children's Hospital, with a neural-tube defect, called Spina Bifida. During this time, Isaiah Henn had a hard time dealing with this. While his sister was in the hospital, he took out his worries through sports. At first, he chose soccer. For five years he worked out his skills with a soccer ball. He gained speed and worked his muscles. Many people credited him with how fast he was. He made many varsity teams with only his speed and a little skill.

Due to a defect with his eyes, a previous trauma suffered at the hands of foster siblings, in which his retinas were becoming detached, called Lattice Degeneration. Because of this, Isaiah could no longer play contact sports, because of his many extensive and painful laser surgeries.

He chose to run track instead of giving up all sports. His first year at Jackson Middle School, he set a school record by running the 40-meter in 4.75 seconds. From then on, Isaiah practiced, often getting home from school, and going directly to his high school track. "It's just something I love to do," Isaiah later reported to the Westsider, a local newspaper company located in Galloway, Ohio.

That year, he went on to every invitational, placing at least third in every event he did. At the Westfall Invitational he ran for first place in the 200-meter dash. That year he took first place in the South West Championship Meet, a meet in which only the top in each compete against other schools. His team and school went on to win that year's championship and he was pictured in the Columbus Dispatch, and other newspapers as " the Fastest Kid in Columbus." That summer, he was selected to attend the Ohio State's Track and Field camp, an aggressive and extensive 5-day camp in which you learn to become better in each event. He learned how to better himself. There, he fell in love with the event known as the "long jump".

His eighth grade year, he was the fastest kid in his school. His best event was in the long jump, where he broke a school record at 18 feet and 9 inches. He went on to the Southwest District Championship meet for the second time in two years. He placed third in the 100-meter dash and second in the long jump.

In the fall of 2012, Isaiah Henn attended Westland High school, in Galloway, Ohio. He had good grades and was selected to participate in the Renaissance Organization. He also was very popular in his school's student government. That year he created his own blog at isaiahhenn.blogspot.com. In the spring of 2013, he made the Varsity Track team. He had a new PR of 19 feet and 11 inches in the long jump. Isaiah went on to every invitational that year. On May 8, 2013, a year after the death of his grand father, Dwight Shirey, Isaiah went onto the 0hio Capital Conference Championship Track Meet, and set a new record of 20 feet and 3 inches in the long jump. He made it to the finals, where he placed fifth, one spot away from Regionals as a freshman. Isaiah is currently a U.S. Track member.

After Years
Isaiah Henn has published stories in over 35 various national magazines. He supports all track sports and feels very inclined to one day try out for the Olympics. He hopes to continue his motivational life story as a "lesson to all who feel as if they can't". You can learn more about him through his family blog, at hennhouse.blogspot.com. To get ahold of him, email him at isaiahhenn19@gmail.com.