Due to the accident, his exercise stopped abruptly on April 19, 1997. “Now 25 years later I want to finish my exercise. I feel that it has stopped there in Gütergluck. To complete the journey from there to the Netherlands, it is important for me great symbolic value. That after months of rehabilitation and sports I am now so strong that I can do that again. That fighting spirit that I had as a soldier, which I had during my rehabilitation, is now reflected in the fact that I want to finish the exercise.”
Paralyzed soldier rolls 555 kilometers to complete exercise: ‘Turning accident into something positive’
