Glen Dale, WV --  The word "impossible" isn't a part of Cooper Blair's vocabulary and it probably never will be. That's because he only sees the possible. It's a lesson for us all. But here's the difference between Cooper and the rest of us: he's only five years old but he walks taller than most adults he comes in contact with.

Meet the young man who will immediately tell you: "I'm Cooper Blair and I can do anything." At the beginning, life for Cooper was anything but normal. That's because he and his parents were told some devastating news.

"He was born with a rare birth defect: Amniotic Band Syndrome. He had 27 sets of casts and several surgeries and Zack and I were left with the option as to put him through surgeries the rest of his life or he needed to have his feet amputated," said Richelle Blair, Cooper's mom.

The Blairs choose the latter so both of Cooper's feet, from the knee down, were amputated in 2005. Doctors warned the couple, their son might never be able to walk again.

But they didn't know the heart of Cooper. Even after his surgeries, Cooper started walking and eventually running on the stubs of his legs.

But once doctors at the Shriners Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania suited him up with the proper legs, he told his parents he wanted to play hockey for Wheeling's Amateur Hockey Association.

Cooper's coach, Tim Roberts said, "It was interesting. I got the phone call and they said you got a double amputee and I'm like, this could be interesting. The great thing I saw about the family and the kid is they didn't ask for anything special. They wanted to be treated like any other kid and any other family and they've actually been less work than other families that are in this program and you watch him out there and there's 90 kids on the ice and you can't pick him out."

Cooper's mom added, "he used a walker for a little bit like the rest of the kids on the ice have their walkers to help them skate around and eventually some of those kids start letting their walkers go and all of a sudden, Cooper decided that he didn't need his walker anymore. He let it go and now he's skating and he loves it."

And this new hockey player is quick to point out that he has help when the inevitable happens with any hockey player.

Cooper Blair said proudly, "Ryan and Jackie sometimes help me." I asked, "how do they help you?" Cooper answered, "with my skates if I fall down they help me up." I responded, "I bet that makes you feel good that you have nice friends like that doesn't it?" He said, "Uh huh."

Cooper's dad, Zack Blair said, "I think we're all out there battling all these obstacles that we have in life and it doesn't matter how many times we fall down on the ice, what matters is he gets up, we all get up and just keep moving. I'm really proud of all of them."

Cooper Blair is the true definition of courage and turning, what most view a disability, into a different ability.