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One year later: Bionics to help paralyzed dancer walk again

On the one-year anniversary of her paralysis, tenacious dancer and gymnast Tresa Honaker will don bionic legs, a step she hopes will lead her to one day dance once more. “I want to walk again,” Honaker said. “I want to dance again.” On this day one year ago, Honaker, 47, fell 15 feet while practicing an aerial dance at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley — a shattering crash that severed her spine and left her paralyzed from the waist down. Honaker had been renowned locally for her aerial dancing, an aspiration attained through physical dedication, she said. …

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