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Paralyzed outdoorsman designs bike to cycle woods again

Christian Bagg was an avid outdoorsman when a 1996 accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. As a mechanical designer, he spent years attempting to create a wheelchair that could withstand the rugged trails of the Canadian Rockies near his home in Alberta. Then two years ago, his experiments finally paid off. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker reports.

Paralyzed outdoorsman designs bike to cycle woods again

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