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Vic Gilliland shows off his fine motor skills on his left hand, 18 months after a bicycling accident paralyzed him from the chest down. After months of grueling therapy, Gilliland has slowly recovered the use of his extremities and is now walking, driving, and cycling on his own again.<br>Sebastian Moraga/Columbia Basin Herald

Vic Gilliland shows off his fine motor skills on his left hand, 18 months after a bicycling accident paralyzed him from the chest down. After months of grueling therapy, Gilliland has slowly recovered the use of his extremities and is now walking, driving, and cycling on his own again.<br>Sebastian Moraga/Columbia Basin Herald

February 22, 2005

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