You could say that Davion Mars has been defying the odds from the very start of his life.
Mars was born on December 11, 1995 at the Georgetown Public Hospital to Sharon Blackman and Neville Mars. According to science, he says, he was not supposed to have been born on that date, month or even that year as he was only in his seventh month when he was delivered.
The 24-year-old believes that a series of stressful events led to his untimely birth. He said that his parents were in St. Maarten during the hurricane season of 1995. Due to the weather situation, they faced many challenges, including being cut off from making it into a hurricane shelter. To make matters worse, he told Stabroek Weekend, both his pregnant mother and his father were trapped in the rising waters for hours before being able to escape.
