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When I was 18 years old, I was in a motor vehicle accident and I sustained a T-12 burst fracture to my spinal cord. It left me paralyzed from the waist down.

18岁时，我出了车祸，胸椎第12节爆裂性骨折，腰部以下瘫痪了。

My friends and I were getting ready to go out to dinner and I had stepped out on to the balcony to make a phone call.

我和朋友们正准备出去吃晚餐，我走到阳台上打电话。

And I went to go sit on the railing and I just fell right back off of it and I landed on the ground three stories below.

我坐在栏杆上，接着就直接从上面往后摔了下去，落在了下面三层楼的地面上。

The next thing I remember, I was in the medical clinic. I had to re-learn everything that I had taken for granted so few weeks before.

等我醒过来的时候已经在医院了。我不得不重新学习几周前我还习以为常的事情。

I remember a big goal of mine was to put on my pants by myself.

我还记得当时连自己穿裤子都是一个大挑战。

I suffered multiple strokes. The process of being strapped in makes you feel more and more secure because there are many, they kind of pinpointed the areas where people would feel kind of sensitive.

我多次中风。 这个绑紧的过程让我感到越来越安全，因为新设备上面有很多传感器可以感应到人体的敏感部位。

The machine really supports you. This is like a big hug around my waist.

这个设备真的可以把你支撑起来。就好像有人用力抱住了我的腰。

My physical therapist told me that it was possible for me to get in this exoskeleton device and get up and start walking again and that was news to me.

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