During a fire evacuation drill, this is what a Human Resources Manager did ...in an office building I was in meeting.
He was just 6 ft. ahead of us while the rest of us piled down 4 flights of stairs.
The guy is a a parapelgic (paralyzed from waist down) and was in a light althletic light wheelchair. He went backwards, down all flights.Impressive upper body strength and agility.
I asked him directly how he did it...and he did confirm: Lots of practice.
By the way, he was not overweight. About in his 30's.
Just incredible!!I'm not sure if some people who saw this, understood truly what it really means to have that type of upper body strength when wheelchair-bound.
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Backwards in wheelchair: down the stairs
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