Kenny Blaney, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a Fairview Beach diving accident in 1996, has now started his second company in the area

“The People vs. Larry Flynt” helped take Kenny Blaney from the depths of despair to where he is today–a Fredericksburg-area entrepreneur who won’t let his disability stop him.

Blaney’s life forever changed on Aug. 25, 1996, a warm summer day that the 24-year-old Chancellor High School graduate spent drinking beer and hanging out with friends on a boat at Fairview Beach. Continue Reading »

A young man left paralysed by a crash which killed his girlfriend and best friend has learned to walk again thanks to “miracle” surgery.

Aaron Timms, 22, was told he had a less than one in 10 chance of regaining movement in his legs. But neurosurgeon Karoly David and his team at Queen’s Hospital in Romford put him on the path to recovery by repairing his broken back, “repositioning” and freeing his spinal cord. Continue Reading »