‘You Forget How Tall You Are’: Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco Able to Stand During Physiotherapy

Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki, centre, is helped to turn his body by Eric Daigle, left, and Jill Mack while he attends a physiotherapy session in Calgary, Alta., June 24, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

CALGARY—Behind his face mask, sweat glistening on his forehead, Ryan Straschnitzki was smiling.

The 22-year-old, paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed in 2018, had accomplished another milestone in his long recovery.