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Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager

Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager

Date1/5/1971
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  • Anytime is a busy time for 35-year-old John Meyers, who lost his right leg in an automobile accident as a teenager
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130834F
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Paraplegic John Meyers. In spare time from United Appeal work, he sculpture
Paraplegic John Meyers. In spare time from United Appeal work, he sculpture
Spremo, Boris
10/8/1971
The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident
The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/14/1968
Clarence Meyers is executive director of the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsay. His son has the disease.
Clarence Meyers is executive director of the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsay. His son has the disease.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/12/1973
On the road back: Ian Phillips, 30, who lost in legs and eight fingers in a skiing accident, is recuperating at Toronto's West Park Rehabilitation Hospital before returning home to Calgary
On the road back: Ian Phillips, 30, who lost in legs and eight fingers in a skiing accident, is recuperating at Toronto's West Park Rehabilitation Hospital before returning home to Calgary
Cooper, David
8/4/1983
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
Desperately lonely life of Alec Nicol, is a desolate world of TV and cigarettes in a bachelor apartment eight years after an automobile accident left him partially paralized
Desperately lonely life of Alec Nicol, is a desolate world of TV and cigarettes in a bachelor apartment eight years after an automobile accident left him partially paralized
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
4/6/1978
Wished good luck by nurse Anita White, 16-year-old Bob Terry leaves Scarborough General Hospital today, eight months after he was told he'd never walk again on leg mangled in motorcycle accident
Wished good luck by nurse Anita White, 16-year-old Bob Terry leaves Scarborough General Hospital today, eight months after he was told he'd never walk again on leg mangled in motorcycle accident
Darrell, Dick
3/13/1968
Unusual surgery: Fred Richards of Welland, who lost most of his right hand in an industrial accident, has been given an unusual skin flap from his forearm and a transplanted toe as a finger
Unusual surgery: Fred Richards of Welland, who lost most of his right hand in an industrial accident, has been given an unusual skin flap from his forearm and a transplanted toe as a finger
Lennon, Frank
2/11/1985
The di Vetos: From left are Marie, Dana, Norm, Andrea and Tony. Dana first met Barry Sullings on a train from Vancouver but lost contact with the dying teenager. After six months of searching, she found him and used to visit him in Toronto every weekend u
The di Vetos: From left are Marie, Dana, Norm, Andrea and Tony. Dana first met Barry Sullings on a train from Vancouver but lost contact with the dying teenager. After six months of searching, she found him and used to visit him in Toronto every weekend u
Darrell, Dick
12/15/1981
Tough times: Dealers have to get rid of inventory or they'll go bankrupt, says Bryan Rowntree, president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association
Tough times: Dealers have to get rid of inventory or they'll go bankrupt, says Bryan Rowntree, president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association
Beaty, Keith
11/9/1981
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
Beaty, Keith
5/4/1981
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
Beaty, Keith
10/21/1983