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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally to our NewsHour Shares, something that caught our eye that we thought might be of interest to you too.
Ten years ago, a car accident severed Adam Gorlitsky’s spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. But that didn’t stop the former high school cross-country and track runner from finishing a 10K race last weekend, thanks, in part, to a special robotic suit.
Step by step, and mile by mile, 29-year-old Adam Gorlitsky walked the entire length of the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, South Carolina, Saturday.
ADAM GORLITSKY: I’m feeling good. I’m feeling very good, very confident.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Gorlitsky used a robotic exoskeleton machine to accomplish the feat. He received the system in December and has trained two to three hours a day with it ever since to prepare for the race.
ADAM GORLITSKY: Not only are you walking, but you’re walking in the Cooper River Bridge Run. Come on.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Friends and family walked beside Gorlitsky on race day as he battled hills, high winds and physical pain along the way.
ADAM GORLITSKY: My wrists, man, my wrists feel like they’re about to snap in half.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And seven hours after his journey began, the man who was once told he’d never walk again finally crossed the finish line.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ADAM GORLITSKY: It feels really good. It feels really good. I’m speechless, man. I really am.
JUDY WOODRUFF: What an inspiration.
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