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In the spring of 2010, on the verge of earning his private pilot’s license, an adventure

athlete named Grant Korgan became paralyzed from the waist down in a snowmobiling

accident. Refusing to accept his new reality as someone whose dreams were also shattered, Grant

dug deep, determined to get back into the cockpit and earn his wings. This is his incredible story. –Ed.

SHATTERED SPINE, UNBREAKABLE

SPIRIT

BY GRANT KORGAN