Greg Walloch: A walk in the park
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2012
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
A late-night excursion to a party turns absurd and then terrifying as Greg Walloch, who has cerebral palsy, can't jump the fence around Tompkins Square Park.
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| 0:31.8 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:34.9 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:36.5 | It felt... |
| 0:37.4 | I felt... I was right. And I just thought, felt... I was so... |
| 0:38.3 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:39.3 | It was that golden moment... |
| 0:42.3 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:45.3 | Hi, everyone. I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to The Story Collider, where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives. |
| 1:03.2 | This week's story is from Greg Wallach. This story was part of our medical misadventures show, |
| 1:08.7 | and something that you won't see, because this is a podcast and you can't see anything, |
| 1:12.3 | but that you do need to know for this story. |
| 1:15.1 | Greg walks with two crutches and was standing with both of them on the stage as he told the story. |
| 1:20.8 | The story was recorded in July 2012 at Union Hall in Brooklyn. |
| 1:29.0 | Well, first of all, I want to say congratulations to everyone on being here tonight and getting |
| 1:34.8 | out of your house, because sometimes in New York City, that is just really difficult to do. |
| 1:43.8 | And I was feeling like that a couple of months ago. |
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