A Logger's Long Road to Recovery
After a devastating accident in the timberlands, a local man returns home to Newport with hopes of overcoming paralysis.
Sam McGee, who was injured by a falling log near Wolfred several months ago, was brought home from Spokane Friday evening, where he has been since his injury, receiving treatment in a hospital and at the hands of specialists. Mr. McGee's limbs are still paralyzed as a result of the injury, but he is feeling greatly encouraged and the physicians attending him extend hope of his recovery.
“Mr. McGee's limbs are still paralyzed as a result of the injury, but he is feeling greatly encouraged.”
Logging was the lifeblood and the greatest danger of early Newport. This story highlights the human cost of the industry, a reality that defined the lives of many families in the Pend Oreille Valley.
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