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Old 05-12-11 | 01:38 PM
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From: Basking in the Sun.
Originally Posted by Haku
There has to be more to the story about the ex-CAT1 racer that is in a wheelchair now???
How so? The accident happened about 3 years ago and she has recovered to the point of being able to partially use one arm, otherwise she is chair bound. She was riding solo after a storm and was looking across an intersection for traffic, coasting around 15mph when the stick sheered her fork. It threw her face first into the ground and she was found unconscious by a passerby. She barely survived the ordeal in the hospital at the time. She continues to try to live her life to the best of her ability. The following year I rode in a fundraiser with some of her former teammates. That ride continues each year.

Here's a picture from that first fundraiser ride with her former teammates pulling me along.



BTW, those women are all in their 50s.


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