Category: T10 To L1 (i) Connecticut

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T10 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Yancey "Brother Born" Horton, 15 years post-injury

8/26/2019

Meet Yancey "Brother Born" Horton, a father, boxer, and martial artist. "Be true to yourself, love yourself, and don't let nobody else's ideas of you overcome your own ideas of you."

T12 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Frank Padro, 4 years post-injury

8/13/2019

Meet Frank Padro - an adaptive motorcyclist, club member, and representative for "the spirit of pressing on."

T12 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Tyler Fielstra, less than 1 year post-injury

11/15/2018

While traversing the most difficult experience of my life I gained a deeper boldness of hope and strength to get through it, but not solely on my own abilities but by the might and will of my community combined with mine. This is why I believe in the effort of organizations such as More Than Walking. To come out on the other side of a traumatic injury a better, stronger person you need the support of community. Gleaning knowledge from others that have been through something similar is critical to the process of finding a new defiant wholeness no matter the ailment.

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Incomplete injury types (i) may refer to either additional sensation or muscle control below the principle injury level. Click here to read more about level differences.

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T10 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Yancey "Brother Born" Horton, 15 years post-injury

T12 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Frank Padro, 4 years post-injury

T12 Incomplete Paraplegic from Connecticut, Tyler Fielstra, less than 1 year post-injury

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