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The Toes on His Right Foot
The first sign was the toes on his right foot. They moved, surprising his doctor. Through rehabilitation he slowly learned to walk again. Keio rugby alumni set up a "Sugita Fund" that sent him to San Diego for rehab, where he met disabled people pushing hard toward what they wanted. And a boy in a wheelchair told him something he never forgot: "You're lucky — you can walk."
Walking again did not mean he was ready to go back.
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