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The Most High Tech Race In The World Helps A Great Cause

Related Topics: Spinal cord injury, Tetraplegia

In 1999, Aaron Baker suffered a spinal cord injury from a motocross accident and doctors diagnosed him as a complete quadriplegic, telling him he had a one in a million chance of regaining any function. In 2001, he defied all odds and pedaled a stationary recumbent trainer. Since then Baker has lived by the motto that ‘the possibilities are endless.’ In 2015, he proved that by walking ¼ of a mile in the Wings for Life World Run.

The idea behind the Wings for Life World Run is simple: get the whole world running.

Executing that idea is a bit more complicated.