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Article: The devastating effects of spinal cord injuries. (includes related articles on the incidence of spinal cord injuries among young males and about spinal cord injury first aid)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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The incident happened one year ago this month. Superman, famous for flying rescues and other valiant feats, flew off his horse while riding in an equestrian event in Virginia and broke his neck. Christopher Reeve, the superhero of the movies, fractured the vertebrae at the very top of his spine. This traumatic injury to his spinal cord took away all his bodily functions below his neck. He could not breathe without a respirator, move an arm or leg, crook a finger. As the world waited for word of this popular movie star's condition, prime-time news bulletins explained the devastating effects of spinal cord injury.
Reeve became one of more than 1 0,000 people in the ...