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Paralyzed Teen Fulfills Vow to Walk at High School Graduation

A dream 17 years-in-the-making came true for a California boy when he got out of his wheelchair and walked to accept his high school diploma. Patrick Ivison, a senior at Scripps High School in San Diego, was just 14-months-old when he was run over by a stranger's car while walking with his mom, Jennifer Kayler. The September 1995 accident left Ivison with a spinal cord injury so severe he was paralyzed from the waist down. After six weeks in the hospital, Ivison was sent home in a wheelchair....Full Story
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