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Kevin Smith Kevin Smith heard about the Dive Pirates during his rehab at TIRR. After a motorcycle accident caused a complete spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia. With a background in diving before his accident. Kevin signed up for a Try-Dive event with the Dive Pirates at Seanic Ocean Systems; an engineering company in Katy, Texas with a…
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Retired Petty Officer 2nd Class Seth Wade, US Navy Seth Wade served as a mechanic in the US Navy, deploying twice on the USS Enterprise. His service took him to Sicily, where a car accident caused an incomplete spinal cord injury, along breaking four ribs and his jaw. 15-inch rods stabilize his spine. He is…
Retired Airman Kenneth Walsh, US Navy Kenneth Walsh served two years in the US Navy before a training accident severed his spinal cord, causing quadriplegia. After his service, as a technology and shop teacher, Ken worked actively as a peer mentor with the Minnesota Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. He also competed in…
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Higinio “Gene” Laureano
Petty officer 2nd class US Navy Tom Hall. Tom Hall joined the navy after one year of college to take a break from school and see the world some. He was in the navy for 6 years and is a Gulf War vet. A motorcycle accident in 2001 caused his complete spinal cord injury, resulting…
