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A walking inspiration

By Bella English
May 29, 2005

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Five years ago when he graduated from Suffolk University, John Gilpatrick was pushed across the FleetCenter stage in a wheelchair. A quadriplegic, he could not even work the wheels himself. The once-strapping athlete had been paralyzed in 1996 while playing hockey for the Suffolk team. At 22, he'd never walk again. (Full article: 1032 words)

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