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A Local Inspiration Needs Your Help- Next Step Fitness
On August 5, 2006, Janne Kouri dove into the ocean off California and crashed his head into a hidden sandbar. He knew immediately his life would never be the same.
To see the whole story go to ABC News Good Morning America
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=8081986&page=1
“Instantly I could tell I was paralyzed,” said Kouri, then 31, of Hermosa Beach, Calif. “I was just floating in the water and I got flipped over on my back and there were waves crashing over me so I knew something bad had happened, because I could not move my body at all so I just took a deep breath and basically hoped for the best. I thought, ‘this could be it.’”
Thanks to a passing off-duty EMT, it was not the end of Kouri’s life, but it was the end of his ability to walk — or so the medical experts told his then-girlfriend Susan Moffat.
Kouri, a director of an online social network who had been a star defensive tackle on the Georgetown University football field with NFL prospects, was called “the general” by his friends because of his take-charge attitude.
With that determination and the help of radical new treatment, Kouri eventually retaught his spine to function properly and learned to walk again, with the help of a walker.
Not satisfied with overcoming his own obstacles, Kouri and Moffat set up a clinic to help other victims.
To be able to keep doing such great work Next Step Fitness needs your help.
Click here for more information on Kouri’s clinic, Next Step Fitness.
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