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‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton ‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton
‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton A 24-year-old New Jersey skier paralyzed in a tragic accident nearly two and a half years ago has taken his first steps since with the use of an emerging exoskeleton technology. Anthony Mouravski's life was changed forever when he fell and fractured his spine while skiing in March 2021, causing him to become paralyzed from the neck down. Mouravski was recently given a free trial of Wandercraft's Atalante X, an exoskeleton technology at NJIT that gave him the opportunity to walk for the first time since the accident. A video clip can be seen on a GoFundMe launched in hopes of funding fu…
Paralyzed Virginia Shooting Victim Walks At College Graduation (VIDEO) Paralyzed Virginia Shooting Victim Walks At College Graduation (VIDEO)
Paralyzed Virginia Shooting Victim Walks At College Graduation (Video) A goosebump inducing video captured the moment that a 25-year-old Virginia man crossed the stage at his college graduation. Khalil Watson was paralyzed when she was shot in May 2016, just before his senior prom, relearning how to breathe, speak and walk on his own ever since, the recent college grad tells WTVR. With help from an exoskeleton provided by the Sheltering Arms Institute, Watson crossed the stage at Reynolds Community College in Richmond on Monday, May 15. The momentous occasion was captured on a video shared by the college on Instagram. View this post on I…
Bartender Left Paralyzed In Break-In Shooting At Upper Darby Home Bartender Left Paralyzed In Break-In Shooting At Upper Darby Home
Bartender Left Paralyzed In Break-In Shooting At Upper Darby Home One minute, Dom Travis-Bey was getting ready to call it a night in his Upper Darby home. The next, he was on his dining room floor, nearly incapacitated. The 28-year-old Philadelphia native came to around 3 a.m., and tried to stand up. That's when he realized, he'd been shot three times. Travis-Bey, a bartender at Street Light Kitchen in Drexel Hill, mustered up all of his strength, crawled over to his front porch and began calling for help up and down Greenwood Avenue.  About 20 minutes later, he had the attention of a police officer driving up the block, who called an ambulance. The l…
Kevin Neary Dies 12 Years After Violent Philadelphia Robbery Kevin Neary Dies 12 Years After Violent Philadelphia Robbery
Kevin Neary Dies 12 Years After Violent Philadelphia Robbery Kevin Neary, a well-known Philadelphian whose recovery from a life-altering attack inspired his community, died Monday, Feb. 20, his loved ones announced on his website.  Kevin was a young man in his 20s when he was shot in an armed robbery in the Northern Liberties in November 2011, according to his online bio.  The bullet punctured his spinal cord at the C5 level and percussed up to affect the C1 level, leaving Kevin "largely paralyzed" from the neck down. But his indomitable spirit and the embrace of his neighbors carried him through, loved ones wrote in his obituary. …
Convicted Murderer Sentenced For Wantagh Drunk Driving Crash That Paralyzed Woman Convicted Murderer Sentenced For Wantagh Drunk Driving Crash That Paralyzed Woman
Convicted Murderer Sentenced For Wantagh Drunk Driving Crash That Paralyzed Woman A man who spent more than two decades in prison for murder is heading back behind bars for causing a drunk driving crash on Long Island that left a woman paralyzed. Lumumba Woods, age 50, of Manhattan, was sentenced to the maximum of seven years in prison in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Jan. 24.  It came weeks after a jury found him guilty of second-degree assault, vehicular assault, and two counts of driving while intoxicated. Earlier Report: Convicted Murderer Found Guilty In Wantagh Crash That Paralyzed Woman Prosecutors said it was around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2020, …
Convicted Murderer Found Guilty In Wantagh Crash That Paralyzed Woman Convicted Murderer Found Guilty In Wantagh Crash That Paralyzed Woman
Convicted Murderer Found Guilty In Wantagh Crash That Paralyzed Woman A man who spent more than two decades in prison for murder is heading back behind bars after a jury convicted him in a drunk driving crash on Long Island that left a woman paralyzed. After deliberating for nearly three hours, Lumumba Woods, age 50, of Manhattan, was found guilty of second-degree assault and two counts of driving while intoxicated in Nassau County Court on Friday, Dec. 16. Prosecutors said it was around 9 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2020, when Woods lost control of his 2003 Acura MDX while speeding westbound on Sunrise Highway near the Wantagh State Parkway. After speeding past one v…
Inmate Facing Charges For Lawrence Shooting That Killed Man, Paralyzed Woman Inmate Facing Charges For Lawrence Shooting That Killed Man, Paralyzed Woman
Inmate Facing Charges For Lawrence Shooting That Killed Man, Paralyzed Woman An inmate has been formally charged in connection with a fatal shooting that killed a man and paralyzed a woman two years ago, the Essex County District Attorney's Office reports.  Elias Leger, age 20, is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to his role in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Alan Jimenez in Lawrence in 2020, the office reports. During his arraignment, Leger pleaded not guilty to murder, armed assault with intent to murder, assault & battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and possession of an unlicensed firearm.  Damm bro I’m so br…
Nearly $40K Raised In One Day For Diver Paralyzed In Horrific Accident In Maryland Nearly $40K Raised In One Day For Diver Paralyzed In Horrific Accident In Maryland
Nearly $40K Raised In One Day For Diver Paralyzed In Horrific Accident In Maryland Support is pouring in for a Pennsylvania man who was seriously injured in a horrific diving accident in Maryland, according to a fundraiser created in his honor.  Nearly $40,000 has been raised to support Murat Fresolone after he was airlifted from an Airbnb in Ocean City after the horrible accident on Sunday, Sept. 4, according to the GoFundMe. Fresolone was transported to the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore where doctors determined that the Pennsylvania man was paralyzed from the chest down. Fresolone was rushed into emergency surgery wh…
'Paralyzed For Being Black': Family Says Unarmed NJ Man Was Shot Unjustly By Police 'Paralyzed For Being Black': Family Says Unarmed NJ Man Was Shot Unjustly By Police
'Paralyzed For Being Black': Family Says Unarmed NJ Man Was Shot Unjustly By Police A New Jersey man is suing the City of Trenton claiming that he was unjustly shot by police while unarmed, causing paralysis from the chest down. Jajuan R. Henderson, 29, was getting iced tea from his car — which was parallel parked outside the Centre Street home he was visiting — when he was “boxed in” by an unidentified dark-colored vehicle shortly after midnight on Saturday, Feb. 12, according to a release from Zeff Law Firm. Several masked Trenton police officers — described as “jump-out boys” — got out and began yelling at Henderson, who grabbed his cell phone before being shot in the …
Paralyzed In Bike Crash, Former 76er + NJ Net Opens Up On Suicidal Thoughts Paralyzed In Bike Crash, Former 76er + NJ Net Opens Up On Suicidal Thoughts
Paralyzed In Bike Crash, Former 76er + NJ Net Opens Up On Suicidal Thoughts A former NBA player has opened up about his battle against suicidal thoughts in an interview with "Sports Illustrated." Standing at 7 feet and 6 inches tall, Shawn Bradley, 49 -- who spent time with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets -- told the outlet that while his height once put him at an advantage, it has become a hindrance to life in a wheelchair. Bradley was hit from behind while riding his bicycle near his home in St. George, Utah, in January 2021, resulting in a traumatic spinal cord injury in his neck that left him paralyzed from the chest down. “I don’t know how I can ea…
Long Island Man Convicted For Crash That Paralyzed Friend Long Island Man Convicted For Crash That Paralyzed Friend
Long Island Man Convicted For Crash That Paralyzed Friend A Long Island man has been found guilty of causing a car crash that left his friend paralyzed. Anthony Chiantella, age 27, of Bayville, was convicted on Thursday, April 15, for the February 2019 crash on the Wantagh State Parkway shortly after jury members were shown a video of him bragging about breaking the law. The crash took place around 4:41 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, when Chiantella, who was drunk and under the influence of cocaine, was driving 24-year-old Nicholas Mustakas’ 2007 Honda Accord at more than 130 miles per hour northbound on the Wantagh State Parkway when he lo…
WPU Student Left Paralyzed Months After Boyfriend's Jersey City Attempted Murder-Suicide WPU Student Left Paralyzed Months After Boyfriend's Jersey City Attempted Murder-Suicide
WPU Student Left Paralyzed Months After Boyfriend's Jersey City Attempted Murder-Suicide Support is surging for a 23-year-old William Paterson University student who remains on a ventilator and paralyzed from the shoulders down after being shot six times by her boyfriend who then shot and killed himself. More than $15,300 had been raised for Samantha Irizarry as of March 19, nearly five months after the incident that changed her life forever. Irizarry was a Dean's List student in her final year at WPU, completing her BA in business in finance, at the time of the incident, campaign founder Idalia Beteta writes. "Prior to the incident, she was determined to break barriers a…
Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting
Chester County Gunman Facing Decades Behind Bars For Drug Deal Gone Wrong Turned Shooting A 26-year-old Chester County man is facing decades behind bars for shooting a man over having improper funds for a 2018 drug deal, authorities said. Anthony C. Brown Jr., 26, of Coatesville, was sentenced to nine to 22 years in state prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault, person not to possess a firearm, and related charges, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. He was convicted for shooting a 39-year old victim in the leg after the victim gave Brown an EBT card for $200 worth of cocaine that had no funds, in June 2018, authorities said. The victim was le…
Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie' Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie'
Dirt Bike Rider Badly Injured In Crash While Allegedly Performing A 'Wheelie' A New Haven dirt-bike rider is in apparent paralysis following a motor vehicle accident on Monday, Sept. 14, just before midnight. The man, who has not been publicly identified, was allegedly riding without the bike’s headlight on and doing a wheelie when the collision happened, New Haven Police said. The crash occurred on Canal Street near Foote Street in the Dixwell neighborhood of New Haven. The 27-year-old dirt bike rider was going southbound on Canal Street when an oncoming northbound motorist in a sedan “started a left turn maneuver” onto Foote, police said. They collided in the inter…
Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout
Family Of Essex County Mom Paralyzed By Falling Pole Gets $125M Verizon Payout In what is reportedly the largest settlement in New Jersey history, the family of an Essex County mom who was paralyzed by a falling utility pole will get $125 million from Verizon, reports say. West Orange mom Maria Moser Meister, 50, was waiting for a bus on her way to work when a the pole fell in Union City on Jan. 23, 2017, NJ.com reports. The pole, which was co-owned by Verizon through an agreement with PSE&G, was rotted at the base and snapped after 43 years, causing lifelong injuries to Meister’s body and head. As a result of the incident, Meister suffered from multiple spinal a…
Victim, 19, Paralyzed In Lodi Shooting Victim, 19, Paralyzed In Lodi Shooting
Victim, 19, Paralyzed In Lodi Shooting A 19-year-old Lodi man was paralyzed when he was shot in the back just after midnight Thursday, authorities confirmed. The Burns Avenue victim remained in critical but stable condition Friday at Hackensack University Medical Center after being shot in what a neighbor said was some type of domestic dispute. "He has no movement in the lower half of his body," a senior law enforcement officer said. "He's likely to be paralyzed for life." Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella's Major Crimes Unit detectives were searching for the gunman. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identific…
Newark Gunman Who Left Victim Paralyzed Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison Newark Gunman Who Left Victim Paralyzed Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison
Newark Gunman Who Left Victim Paralyzed Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison A Newark man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for shooting another man off a ladder while he was doing repair work on a church, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Al Rashid, 46, shot the victim four times Aug. 8, 2016, as he was helping fix the roof of a church at South 14th Street near 8th Avenue. He fell 20 feet and is permanently paralyzed. One of the bullets remains lodged in his spine. Authorities say Rashid blamed the victim for his eviction from the multifamily home where they both lived. “While the victim must live forever with the life-altering injuries, we are satis…
Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey
Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey New Jersey accounts for three confirmed and three suspected cases of a rare polio-like illness that has been affecting children across the U.S. this week, state and federal officials said. Of the 127 acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) cases reported to the CDC, 62 are confirmed and the rest are under investigation, reports say. AFM starts out with symptoms similar to a common cold, but it could cause paralysis. The average age of those diagnosed is 4 years old. It's unclear what's causing the outbreak, which can develop after a viral infection, environmental toxins, and genetic disorders. AFM a…
Support Surges For Toddler Whose Englewood Dad Has Stroke In Puerto Rico Support Surges For Toddler Whose Englewood Dad Has Stroke In Puerto Rico
Support Surges For Toddler Whose Englewood Dad Has Stroke In Puerto Rico The community is rallying for a five-year-old girl in Englewood whose father will never be the same.  Chris Harris, 29, suffered a stroke April 16 shortly after touching down in Puerto Rico with his girlfriend. He was unable to receive medical attention for several hours and -- as a result of hemorrhaging -- was left paralyzed. As Harris recovers with his mother and girlfriend in the hospital, his daughter, Madison, waits for him in New Jersey. More than $3,700 had been raised as of Monday night on a GoFundMe for Harris. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.