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‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton ‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton
‘I Kept Pushing Myself:’ NJ Skier Paralyzed In Accident Describes First Walk With Exoskeleton A 24-year-old New Jersey skier paralyzed in a tragic accident nearly two and a half years ago has taken his first steps since with the use of an emerging exoskeleton technology. Anthony Mouravski's life was changed forever when he fell and fractured his spine while skiing in March 2021, causing him to become paralyzed from the neck down. Mouravski was recently given a free trial of Wandercraft's Atalante X, an exoskeleton technology at NJIT that gave him the opportunity to walk for the first time since the accident. A video clip can be seen on a GoFundMe launched in hopes of funding fu…

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by Valerie Musson
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'Our Lives Are Shattered,' Says Mom Of NJ Skier, 22, Paralyzed From Neck Down In Accident 'Our Lives Are Shattered,' Says Mom Of NJ Skier, 22, Paralyzed From Neck Down In Accident
'Our Lives Are Shattered,' Says Mom Of NJ Skier, 22, Paralyzed From Neck Down In Accident The family of a 22-year-old New Jersey skier is asking for support following a March accident on the mountain that left him paralyzed from the neck down. More than $135,800 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Anthony Mouravski, of Short Hills, as of Tuesday. Anthony -- a nearly professional, freestyle skier -- was skiing with family on March 13 when he lost control during a straight jump, his mom, Tatiana Mouravskaia said. Anthony tried to break the fall, but couldn't. He ended up fracturing his spine and is a quadriplegic at the C5 level, his mom said. "Our lives have been shattered compl…

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by Cecilia Levine