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Old 2011-05-15, 12:32   Link #13709
Xellos-_^
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 48
Quote:
when the paralyzed 22-year-old rose from his wheelchair and stepped across the UC Berkeley commencement stage to shake Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's hand, the crowd of 15,000 at Edwards Stadium went wild with cheers, as if witnessing a miracle.


"Ask anybody in a wheelchair; ask what it would mean to once again stand and shake someone's hand while facing them at eye level," Whitney said in anticipation of his momentous day. "It will be surreal, like a dream."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1MRVXHzPP

No Faith Healers/Priest/Rabbi/Monks/New Age Hippie just Engineers and Scientist.

and it didn't cost 6 million dollars either.
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