In June 2006 former LAPD Officer Kristina Ripatti was shot three times by a suspect, severing her spinal cord and paralyzing her from the chest down. Tim Pearce, her husband, “sensed that she would recover more quickly and fully if she could resume the activities she loved — biking, surfing, fishing — even with limitations.”
“When they surf together, Pearce carries her into the water and, using swim fins, pushes her board beyond the surf line before turning it toward shore. She rides the wave in and he follows close behind,” writes Jean Merl of the Los Angeles Times.
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