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College graduates cheer as paralyzed student walks to get degree with robotic exoskeleton
Topic Started: May 17 2011, 04:51 PM (241 Views)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110517/us_yblog_thelookout/college-graduates-cheer-as-paralyzed-student-walks-to-get-degree-with-robotic-exoskeleton

I read this article and it sounded like an amazing story.... till I found out how he got that way in the first place.

He became disabled from the waist down when he decided to get drunk, get behind the wheel of a car and smashed his car into a tree.

Now, I got no issue with him getting this exoskeleton so he can walk again but why is it being named after a guy who put himself into his situation by his own hand during a moment of utter stupidity?

Why is he being label as a hero in the eyes of anyone when there is nothing hero like about him? Would he been seen the same way if he killed someone in this accident? I somehow doubt it.

They would be better off celebrating the unveiling of this invention by naming it after someone disabled due to circumstances that they didn't put themselves into such as being the victim of a drunk driver instead of the drunk driver himself.
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Or the person who made it originally. Although, the guy does tell other people not to be as epically stupid as he is. Besides, the one's who made it had names I cannot pronounce. Maybe the real reason.
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