Home again. Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player returns from Philadelphia physio
CALGARY — It has been more than five months since Ryan Straschnitzki was together with his family in his hometown of Airdrie, Alta.
Straschnitzki, 19, was paralyzed from the chest down April 6 in a collision of the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and a semi-trailer north of Tisdale, Sask. The crash killed 16 people and injured 13 others.
After a month of physiotherapy treatment at the Shriners hospital in Philadelphia he returned home Wednesday to a bank of TV cameras and journalists at the Calgary International Airport.
“It feels good. I was just dropping down on the plane looking at the view — it was nice. It brought back memories,” Straschnitzki said.