Ryan Straschnitzki, a Humboldt Broncos player paralyzed in the team's 2018 bus crash, is taking his first assisted steps following a medical procedure that embedded an epidural stimulation implant in his spine.
According to the BBC, he was told after the crash he had no chance of ever walking or getting "anything back." On Wednesday, however, Straschnitzki’s father posted video of the 20-year-old beginning to walk.
Straschnitzki reportedly traveled to Thailand for the surgery and to get the implant.
“Bout time he got off his a--,” his dad said in a tweet. “1st time since he boarded the bus that horrendous day.