A drunk driving mistake left him paralyzed. It also turned him into a Paralympian.
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For months after the accident, Steve Emt was lying to people — including himself. In March 1995, Emt was driving on I-84 northeast of Hartford, Connecticut, when he crashed his car. Emt was driving drunk. Only 25 years old, Emt woke up the next day and was told he would never walk again. He was paralyzed from the waist down. “For six months after my crash. I was lying to myself. I told everybody a deer ran out in front of me,” Emt said. “I didn’t want to be a drunk driver. I didn’t want all the
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