Aspiring Paralympian leaps into recovery with robot suit
08 May 2016 - 02:00
When he was 16, Brandon Beack could not turn over in bed or use his hands. But Beack, who had been on track to represent South Africa at the Olympics in gymnastics, could not accept he would be quadriplegic forever."From the moment the doctors told me, I thought: 'No, not in a million years!' I had learnt from gymnastics never to give up," said Beack, who broke his neck while dismounting from the parallel bars during a training session.
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