CHOICES: TWO WAYS OF RESPONDING
Two paraplegics were in the news recently. One was Kenneth Wright, a high school football star and later, an avid wrestler, boxer, hunter and skin diver. A broken neck sustained in a wrestling match in 1979 left him paralyzed from the chest down. He underwent therapy, and his doctors were hopeful that one day he would be able to walk with the help of braces and crutches. But, apparently, the former athlete could not reconcile himself to his physical disability. He prevailed upon two of his best friends to take him in his wheelchair to a wooded area, where they left him alone with a 12-guage shotgun. After they left, he held the shotgun to his abdomen and pulled the trigger. Kenneth Wright, 24, committed suicide. The second paraplegic in the news was Jim McGowan. Thirty years ago, at the age of 19, Jim was stabbed and left paralyzed from the middle of his chest down. He is now…
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