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Leaving Americans Behind:The Human Toll of Cutting Paralysis Resources
After serving 13 years in the U.S. Army, including deployments to Iraq and Yemen, my life took a drastic turn. A car accident left me with a C5-C6 spinal cord injury and permanent paralysis. In that moment, my future, and everything I’d worked toward, seemed to disappear. A Lifeline for Millions Thanks to the National…
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A Life Rebuilt: The Community that Helped this Marine Thrive
After the car accident that broke my neck, I believed my predicament would be temporary. That would, of course, not be reality. At the time, I was 29, a Marine Corps drill instructor preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, and a father of two young kids. When doctors told me I had a 3% chance of…
