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reflections five years in a chair economist suntribune may 24 1989 c7 charles mcmanus correspondent when charlie warriner broke hjs back five years ago he remembers lying in his hospital bjed and telling his girlfriend dont worry im going to walk out of here with his spinal cord severed there wasnt much chance of that but behind that optimism lay one of warriners best qua 1 i t i es his quiet determination a hockey player since he was six warriner broke his neck as a jresult of an accident a month before turning 21 he was playing yith some friends at a local arena in his home town of markham when it happened he vas skating towards the corner to get the puck when his skates became stuck in the ice sending him crashing headfirst into the boards the impact left him a quadriplegic he has the use of his arms but not his fingers when you first meet warriner what strikes you is his easygoing friendly manner a quality he has tept in spite of having had to drastically alter his life when jthe accident happened he was apprenticing to be an auto mechanic at a local gas station needed only another six months at college to get his licence limited to a wheelchair i he would never work at his trade tut warriner who says he always finishes what he starts was determined the disability wouldnt stop him after spending three months in st michaels hospital in toronto and 13 months in rehabilitation at jlindhurst he went on to finish his apprenticeship at centennial col lege in scarborough he is proud of his accomplishment he is one jpf only a few quadriplegics to j nave done so persevere just jbecause you have been dealt a iad hand doesnt mean you dont pjay it out he says j perseverence was what war- riner needed when he broke his heck within a week he had con tracted pneumonia and was close to death he spent three weeks in intensive care part of the time on a respirator he found the time in hospital most frustrating because he couldnt make any photo sjoero w1tteyeen charlie warriner broke his neck in a hockey accident five years ago in markham a remarkably similar incident to kurt gengenbach last january warriner coninued his studies as an auto mechanic at centennial college after the accident hes employed at stouffville co operative and active with the cpa scilink program helping others adjust to life in a wheelchair progress he says he survived by drawing on his resources his family friends and church if i sometimes became a little down i would pray for partial miracles to be able to move my hands and my fingers then after that pray to be able to deal with it if im not going to walk then give me the peace of mind to ac cept it the accident has caused war riner to alter his life plans he comes from a family where far ming is in the blood when he was 18 hoping to follow his two brothers into farming he studied farm mechanics for one year at kemptville college outside ot tawa but his dream wasnt com pletely shattered i miss farming he says but ive been lucky ive been able to stay close to it for the past three years hes worked for the stouffville cooperative which deals in farm products and equipment he works in customer relations looking after the orders and the accounts receivable he applied for the job after he heard a girl was going on maternity leave she came back but they kept me on they were happy with me charlie says he finds it hard to think about the negative aspects of being disabled he says he knows how demoralizing that can be i would rather concentrate on what i can do until recently he says he hadnt really remembered the exact day of his accident dec 17 sometimes i look back i wish i could have done a bit more waterskiing a bit more camping or driven a big tractor or even a combine after being in hospital for a year he says he found it difficult to reestablish ties with friends it hurts when the people you knew before cut you off i think theyre frightened they remember you as you used to be sometimes the past is hard to let go 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