WALLINGFORD — A man who was paralyzed in a diving accident last summer proposed to his girlfriend with the help of his therapists Thursday.
Joe Graham, 29, broke his neck and crushed vertebrae when he dove into a pool this past July. At the time, he was told he would be on a ventilator to help him breathe for the rest of his life.
According to Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, while he was in the intensive care unit, his girlfriend Tonya told him she was pregnant. That news gave him the motivation to wean himself off the ventilator and increase his strength to use both his arms.
Recently, Graham asked his therapy team to help him propose to his girlfriend.
On Thursday, they lowered him in a lift to be on bended knee and she said “yes!”
Of course, the beautiful moment was all caught on camera and has been seen by thousands of people.
