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.