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The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident
The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident

The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident

Date3/14/1968
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Wished good luck by nurse Anita White, 16-year-old Bob Terry leaves Scarborough General Hospital today, eight months after he was told he'd never walk again on leg mangled in motorcycle accident
Wished good luck by nurse Anita White, 16-year-old Bob Terry leaves Scarborough General Hospital today, eight months after he was told he'd never walk again on leg mangled in motorcycle accident
3/13/1968
Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
1/5/1971
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(...)
6/10/1974
Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
Veterinarian Dr. Stephen Penzvalto, 65, rides his hog on his rounds in Muskola. And he uses the motorcycle in his leisure time, too. He's had one accident in 51 years of riding - a motorcycle fell over on him.
5/30/1977
Neighbor Carol Phelan, a nurse, helped apply a tourniquet to Chomski's leg
Neighbor Carol Phelan, a nurse, helped apply a tourniquet to Chomski's leg
12/12/1974
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
Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm
Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm
3/1/1982
Together again: Reunited for the first time since D-Day, 40 years ago, Edith Bodin and AL Mazerolle remeber how Al saved her life after she had been shot by a German soldier
Together again: Reunited for the first time since D-Day, 40 years ago, Edith Bodin and AL Mazerolle remeber how Al saved her life after she had been shot by a German soldier
6/3/1984
First Meeting Since the Plains of Abraham, Three military units met in Aurora yesterday for the first time since the plains of Abraham in 1759, in a d(...)
First Meeting Since the Plains of Abraham, Three military units met in Aurora yesterday for the first time since the plains of Abraham in 1759, in a d(...)
6/30/1974
Deming, N.M., Dec. 21 - (AP) - Frank Morgan, movie actor, was cut and bruised and Mrs. Morgan's right leg was fractured in an automobile accident yest(...)
Deming, N.M., Dec. 21 - (AP) - Frank Morgan, movie actor, was cut and bruised and Mrs. Morgan's right leg was fractured in an automobile accident yest(...)
12/21/1939
Courts should be allowed to impose lifetime driving suspensions on motorists convicted in any accident causing death, Attorney-General Roy McMurtry sa(...)
Courts should be allowed to impose lifetime driving suspensions on motorists convicted in any accident causing death, Attorney-General Roy McMurtry sa(...)
11/22/1984
In Belfountain, an old-fashioned village high above the Credit River, Bob Eliott (left) and Evan MacMillan, both 16, sit outside the general store
In Belfountain, an old-fashioned village high above the Credit River, Bob Eliott (left) and Evan MacMillan, both 16, sit outside the general store
7/26/1973