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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2021 · 40 MIN

Ed Jackson - How a Career-Ending Spinal Injury Led to Unprecedented Triumph

from Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat · host Mo Gawdat

Today’s guest is Ed Jackson, who blows me away with his wisdom and resilience.Ed is a former professional Rugby player whose sports career was thriving. In April 2017, after diving into the shallow end of a swimming pool, Ed broke his neck and suffered a spinal cord injury which left him paralyzed from the neck down. Doctors said that he would never walk again, but through sheer determination and intensive rehabilitation, Ed began reaching the summits of mountains within a year of his operati...

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