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Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)
Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)

Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)

Date6/10/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West Hill is greeted by his nephew Karsten yesterday at Toronto International Airport. With him are his mother, Stephanie Reiprich, brother-in-law Joachim Haeker, and his father, Herbert Reiprich.
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Paralyzed from the chest down by a motorcycle accident in 1971, 17-year-old Edgar Reiprich and his mother, Mrs
Paralyzed from the chest down by a motorcycle accident in 1971, 17-year-old Edgar Reiprich and his mother, Mrs
1/15/1974
Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
7/7/1983
Muscle-building exercises are a nightly routine for Edgar Reiprich, 18, of Scarborough, who was told after an accident four years ago he wouldn't walk(...)
Muscle-building exercises are a nightly routine for Edgar Reiprich, 18, of Scarborough, who was told after an accident four years ago he wouldn't walk(...)
6/27/1975
Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
10/3/1974
Family plea: Richard Lawson, 17, with his father, Douglas, at the scene of a bike accident on Yonge at Davisville that paralyzed his sister Marg on June 30 holds a written plea asking that witnesses come forward
Family plea: Richard Lawson, 17, with his father, Douglas, at the scene of a bike accident on Yonge at Davisville that paralyzed his sister Marg on June 30 holds a written plea asking that witnesses come forward
7/7/1983
Paralyzed by an automobile accident, lawyer Ronald McInns shows the book he has written on tenants' rights to his physiotherapist, Betty Brooks
Paralyzed by an automobile accident, lawyer Ronald McInns shows the book he has written on tenants' rights to his physiotherapist, Betty Brooks
1/9/1973
A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him
A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him
11/3/1983
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
3/4/1982
Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium
Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium
4/26/1984
Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
6/24/1986
Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
10/15/1986
Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
9/26/1979