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What if you were one of ten people to do something? Ever. In all of history. That is the story of Mark Christiansen.
At the age of 16 he was paralyzed from the neck down in an accident at Pineview Reservoir. At the time he was given 10 years to live.
That was 53 years ago.
Only nine other quadraplegics have ever lived as long.
