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Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)
Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)

Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West(...)

Date6/10/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Paralyzed Edgar is home. The feeling restored to his legs, paralyzed after a motorcycle accident, by surgery in Leningrad, Edgar Reiprich, 17, of West Hill is greeted by his nephew Karsten yesterday at Toronto International Airport. With him are his mother, Stephanie Reiprich, brother-in-law Joachim Haeker, and his father, Herbert Reiprich.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0075926F
    Paralyzed from the chest down by a motorcycle accident in 1971, 17-year-old Edgar Reiprich and his mother, Mrs
    Paralyzed from the chest down by a motorcycle accident in 1971, 17-year-old Edgar Reiprich and his mother, Mrs
    Darrell, Dick
    1/15/1974
    Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
    Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
    Bull, Ron
    7/7/1983
    Muscle-building exercises are a nightly routine for Edgar Reiprich, 18, of Scarborough, who was told after an accident four years ago he wouldn't walk(...)
    Muscle-building exercises are a nightly routine for Edgar Reiprich, 18, of Scarborough, who was told after an accident four years ago he wouldn't walk(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    6/27/1975
    Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
    Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
    Bull, Ron
    10/3/1974
    Family plea: Richard Lawson, 17, with his father, Douglas, at the scene of a bike accident on Yonge at Davisville that paralyzed his sister Marg on June 30 holds a written plea asking that witnesses come forward
    Family plea: Richard Lawson, 17, with his father, Douglas, at the scene of a bike accident on Yonge at Davisville that paralyzed his sister Marg on June 30 holds a written plea asking that witnesses come forward
    Lawson, Margaret
    7/7/1983
    Paralyzed by an automobile accident, lawyer Ronald McInns shows the book he has written on tenants' rights to his physiotherapist, Betty Brooks
    Paralyzed by an automobile accident, lawyer Ronald McInns shows the book he has written on tenants' rights to his physiotherapist, Betty Brooks
    Teskey, Frank
    1/9/1973
    Richard MacDonald, paralyzed in a freak accident 10 years ago, is among many employed, disabled Canadians who don't want handouts but could use a few tax breaks on the unavoidable costs of disability
    Richard MacDonald, paralyzed in a freak accident 10 years ago, is among many employed, disabled Canadians who don't want handouts but could use a few tax breaks on the unavoidable costs of disability
    McConnell, Colin
    4/24/1989
    Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
    Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
    Bull, Ron
    10/15/1986
    Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
    Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
    Dutton, Don
    9/26/1979
    Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium
    Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium
    Dunlop, Al
    4/26/1984
    Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
    Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
    Lennon, Frank
    6/24/1986
    No compensation: John and Maureen McErlean try to make life comfortable for their 25-year-old son Michael, who was paralyzed in a trail bike accident in an abandoned pit in Brampton 11 year ago
    No compensation: John and Maureen McErlean try to make life comfortable for their 25-year-old son Michael, who was paralyzed in a trail bike accident in an abandoned pit in Brampton 11 year ago
    Stuparyk, Michael
    3/24/1988