- David Mittleman | December 09, 2010 3:19 PM | Lansing, MI
In a tragic freak accident just weeks before her wedding day, Rachelle Friedman was pushed into a pool during her bachelorette party and is now paralyzed from the chest down.
Rachelle and her...
- Mark Bello | November 30, 2010 9:19 AM | Farmington Hills, MI
By now, many of us have heard this tragic, yet heartwarming story. Last May, a 24-year-old bride-to-be was celebrating her bachelorette party with a group of friends, when all decided to go...
- David Mittleman | August 27, 2010 4:44 PM | Lansing, MI
Wisconsin—12-year-old Teagan Marti was critically injured this summer while enjoying the Wisconsin Dells amusement park. Teagan, who is from Florida, was riding Terminal Velocity, a...
- David Mittleman | August 22, 2010 12:04 AM | Lansing, MI
After reading about a Saudi Arabian judge who asked doctors if they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment for his crime, I realized how lucky I am to live in the United States. The man who...
- Mark Bello | August 21, 2010 11:58 AM | Farmington Hills, MI
A 14-year-old cheerleader thought she would impress the coaches at her high school by performing a back tuck. She landed on her head, fracturing her neck. Now she is paralyzed from the neck down and...
- David Mittleman | May 13, 2010 11:48 AM | Lansing, MI
Dan Bishop was a good student attending the University of Buffalo in New York. He seemed to have it made: he was a college wrestler with a bright future ahead of him. In fact, he was promised a...
- David Mittleman | November 12, 2009 4:59 PM | Lansing, MI
A spinal cord injury is a serious and potentially debilitating injury that cause damage to the white matter of the spinal cord that carries signals to and from the brain. Spinal cord injuries can...
- Daniel Buckfire | October 21, 2008 5:05 PM | Detroit, MI
I recently read about a woman paralyzed from spinal cord injuries she received in a car accident. Although she has spent the last seven years since the accident unable to walk, she recently...