Kentucky teen crosses Chicago Marathon finish line after paralysis

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThis is a BBN special report on a young man from Kentucky who finished the Chicago Marathon less than a year after a spinal injury left him paralyzed.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe New York Post reports the teen covered the full twenty-six point two miles, in a city where tens of thousands of runners were doing the same thing alongside him.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the part that stays with you is what he said about the months in between.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe said that every single day it was in the back of his head, wondering whether he would walk again and whether he could do what he was doing two weeks ago, or a day ago.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWondering for months, and then he crossed a finish line on his own feet.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe report does not detail his recovery or his training, so we will not guess at either.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat it does make clear is how far he came in under a year.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA lot of people who finish a marathon say it took a year of training. He spent his year learning whether he could stand up.