<BR><BR>This page was a very hard one for me to do.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Here is the story...<BR><BR>On July 24th 2004, Kari & I went for a 4 wheeler ride at 2 a.m. <BR><BR>Kari started out driving the wheeler but, she got stuck and asked me to drive. <BR><BR>We switched spots and we continued on through the swamp kicking up mud <BR><BR>and having a good time. I came up out of the swamp and into the section of <BR><BR>the new pasture Ryan and I were fencing in. At the east end of the pasture, <BR><BR>I drove the wheeler down into the gravel pit. After driving around down in <BR><BR>the gravel for awhile, I decided it was time to get back to the party and head <BR><BR>up the hill to get to the pasture. The headlight on the right of my ATV was out<BR><BR> so I didn't see a small tree at the top of the hill, just a little to the right of the path. <BR><BR>It was just big enough the wheeler wouldn't drive over it. Kari got off the back of <BR><BR>the wheeler and I put it in neutral and let the wheeler roll back down to the hill. <BR><BR>It rolled down the hill and I backed into a tree. It was dark and I didn't notice I was <BR><BR>not near the bottom of the gravel pit. I gave the wheeler some gas, but the hill was <BR><BR>to steep to gain any momentum and the front end of the ATV came up off the ground.<BR><BR> It fell over on me at an angle and when I landed, I hit the back of my neck on a rock. The<BR><BR> force of the wheeler falling on me broke the 6th and 7th vertebrae and seriously damaged<BR><BR> my spinal cord.