WHITE PLAINS, NY (WHDH) — Just days before Christmas, a paralyzed man in New York is celebrating a special gift.
Rusty Chmelovsky took his first steps Wednesday thanks to a new robotic exoskeleton device.
The former construction worker has been paralyzed for nearly a decade after falling more than 30 feet while on the job.
Now that Chmelovsky can walk, he jokes that he is looking forward to dancing on New Year’s Eve.
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