Teen with spinal cord injury runs 2026 Chicago Marathon

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Louisville high school student named Wyatt Anderson ran the twenty twenty-six Chicago Marathon, and he did it after surviving a spinal cord injury.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorABC News reports he ran to reach a personal goal and to raise money for spinal injury research.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-six point two miles, Hank, on a body that doctors once had to rebuild a plan around.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe crowd along the course was cheering for him all day.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a long way to go for a goal most of us set and then forget by Wednesday.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the money he raised goes to research that could help other people with the same kind of injury.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll be sitting at this desk, and he'll still have covered more ground this year than I have.