Evan Balverde is a plumber who came to Nickelsville after an accident forced him to stop working.

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St Albans Crown Court was told they had rowed about compensation owed to him after an accident at work.

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Bluejohn garnered national attention after climber Aron Ralston amputated his own arm to survive an accident that trapped him under a boulder.

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The Vietnam veteran had worn a hole in his bathroom floor with his wheelchair, leaving him vulnerable to an accident.

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Chinua Achebe came to Bard after suffering an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

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Ms. ALICE KAYLOR (Airline Passenger, Logan International Airport): We've had to be creative about how we're going to change him if he has an accident on the plane.

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An accident in the 70s left him wheelchair-bound, but he continued to experiment with music, producing arguably some of his best work.

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Four years ago, a motorcycle accident paralyzed his right arm, and the event inspired him to develop an alter ego.

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"I got the call that he was in an accident, and when they picked him up they said his heart wasn't working and they tried for hours to get him to come back, " Behner told WKBN.

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