NY Times · Aug 22, 2024
The Trials of a Paralympian Whose Disability Doesn’t Always Show
Christie Raleigh Crossley has trained for most of her life to be an Olympic swimmer. After surviving two car crashes and a brain tumor, she is finally going for gold.
Christie Raleigh Crossley training for the Paris Paralympics in a pool near her home in Toms River, N.J.Christie Raleigh Crossley has trained for most of her life to be an Olympic swimmer. After surviving two car crashes and a brain tumor, she is finally going for gold.
Christie Raleigh Crossley training for the Paris Paralympics in a pool near her home in Toms River, N.J.
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By John Leland and Kaitlin Balasaygun
Photographs by Hannah Yoon
Aug. 22, 2024