https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3 Aj and Damion en-us 2016-10-07 15:47:07 UTC 2016-10-14 11:57:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/138302879/86738bc30ed9b1b768302f539783605f/Red_BlackLightning.jpg 2139091 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130116236 Langevin is a congressman who originally used to be a cadet in the police force. While talking to another cadet, two fellow officers were talking about one of their brand new guns. Upon inspecting the gun it fired ricocheting off of a locker splitting his spinal cord in half resulting in James becoming a quadriplegic.
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http://langevin.house.gov/about-me/full-biography

]]> 2016-10-13 15:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130490255 2139091 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130491324 Langevin suffered a complete split in his spinal cord.
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http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/quadriplegia/]]> 2016-10-13 18:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130558804 2139091 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130559780 Quadriplegia causes James to use a wheelchair to maneuver.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4YPScKuJg]]> 2016-10-13 18:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130560012 203116 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130602324 Being quadriplegic means that you are paralyzed from the neck down. In Langevin's situation he is paralyzed from the neck down, but he does have  little use of his arms.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quadriplegic
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d1/b4/e6/d1b4e605bb78f62160202b0a58d62e4f.jpg]]> 2016-10-13 20:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130602324 203116 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130604373 It took the doctors several hours to stabilize Langevin's conditions and assess the damage of his injury.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4YPScKuJg

]]> 2016-10-13 21:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130607379 203116 https://padlet.com/2139091/vq2t3cn502w3/wish/130608780 Although he does have little mobility in his arms, he usually has an assistant with him to help him with any task he can not do on his own.
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