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Article: Super news for Chris Reeve; Hope award goes to Winfrey; `Buzz' Aldrin accused of attack
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- Daily Breeze
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- September 11, 2002
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Super news for Chris Reeve. Hope award goes to Winfrey. Super news
for Chris Reeve ST. LOUIS -- Christopher Reeve hasregained some
movement and sensation in his hands and feet,seven years after a
horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down, one
of his doctors said Tuesday.
The "Superman" star also can breathe on his own for about an hour
at a time, said Dr. John McDonald, a Washington University
neurologist who has been treating Reeve.
McDonald said the actor's progress should illustrate that
"improvements are possible, and that's what we should be aiming at."
He cautioned against false hope.
"Where (the recovery) will end we also don't know," he said.
"Nobody can tell ...