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ESCONDIDO, Calif. - An Escondido veteran calls his survival ‘miraculous’ after a motorcycle ride with an American Legion group left him paralyzed.From inside a hospital, Geary, 66, spoke about the motorcycle ride that changed his life.
Geary, who was wearing a helmet, says he flew about 100 feet off the bike, eventually landing hard on his shoulder.Geary was airlifted to a San Diego hospital and given the sobering diagnosis: a severed spinal cord. He was paralyzed from the chest down.
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