Tag: Personal Story

Ed Faulds honored for exceptional volunteer work

Monroe Fire Department Volunteer Ed Faulds was already recognized for his dedication and commitment to the fire department’s prevention and pre-fire planning division last...

Former surfer, now quadriplegic’s advice: Never give up

ALBANY, Ore. — Ron Heagy Jr. of Millersburg, Ore., used to think he had problems. He was 17, 6-foot-2, and could bench-press 300 pounds. He...

Hope: Two paralyzed Georgia teens take different paths on stem cell treatment

Stem cell therapy holds promise for people whose conditions leave them without much hope. But it also poses a dilemma: Stay and wait for U.S. stem...

Finding A New Normal After An Accident

DENVER — The Colorado mountains attract people who love the outdoors. But when one Michigan man moved here last year, he was seriously injured...

Queensbury firefighter paralysed in bike crash is now helping spinal patients snorkel

A Queensbury firefighter who was paralysed in a cycling accident is now using his love of scuba diving to help other patients with spinal...

NY bride walks down aisle making a dream come true

AUSABLE FORKS, N.Y. - An Ausable Forks woman is starting 2015 by making a dream come true. An accident six years ago left Michaela Bushey...

Following devastating crash, Kyle Lamey recovers abilities step at a time

When Kyle Lamey broke four vertebrae in a car accident, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, he was told he would likely never...

Quadriplegic swimmer leans on love to push forward

ATLANTA -- The following is one man's experience, through two parallel stories. The first story is of a swimmer named Dillon Connolly, a record-setter at...

Murray’s Problem

Chapter One - Scientist and Son Murray Blackmore stood at the lectern and tried to take in the dark conference room, the men and women...

Recovering from L1, L2 Spinal cord injury

https://youtu.be/yPAI3YcNOTw Hi, My name is Raffy. Located at Lamitan City Basilan in the Philippines. I'm doing this work without any devices and psychotherapist asisting me. My...