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Spinal Chord Injury: "I Dialled 911 With My Tongue" w/ Andrew Cho

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Cho is an extreme athlete. He flys down mountains on his bike, constantly putting his life at risk. So when you hear he suffered a spinal chord injury you may think it was due to his extreme sport? Nope. One day he just dropped like a sack of potatoes. Fully paralyzed from the neck down by himself in a locked apartment with his phone several feet away. His story is BONKERS! If that story isn't enough, he tops it with a beautiful tale of recovery. Check out Wings For Life Canada 2019 and join #TeamCoast2Coast to make a difference! https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/Team-Coast-to-Coast-Wings-For-Life-2019

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This is a CBC podcast.

0:33.8

Hey folks, just before we throw it to this week's episode, if you are in Halifax on March 21st,

0:40.3

you should do one thing. Go to the Nova Scotia Craft Beer Fest. It is an awesome event.

0:47.0

It happens every year. If you're not familiar with it, it's an all-Nove Scotian event that has more

0:52.3

than 40 Nova Scotia craft brewers pouring throughout two different sessions throughout the day.

0:57.0

So the first session takes place from 1 to 430 and then the second one goes from 6 to 930.

1:03.0

I've gone to this event the last two years. It's friggin' amazing.

1:08.0

If you love beer as much as I do, if you love supporting local, as much

1:12.6

as I do, this is the place to be. All of the, all of the beer homies are going to be there.

1:19.4

Backstage brewing, Big Spruce, Brightwood Brewery, Boxing Rock, Church Brewing, Garrison,

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propeller, good robot, all the classics.

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So if you are in town, again, March 21st, be sure to get your tickets.

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You can get all tickets and information over at www. nscraftbeerfest.ca.

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And I'll be there, so it's going to be a good time.

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Come on out, have a beer, support local.

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