After miscalculating a treacherous triple jump at the Lethbridge Arenacross in Alberta, top-three Canadian professional cross-country dirt bike competitor Monte Perepelkin regained consciousness after three days in the hospital to find himself paralyzed from the neck down. His condition was irreversible. Perepelkin, who had turned thirty just thirty-four days earlier, faced living the rest of his life confined to a wheelchair.
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