Former colleagues, friends and family have come together to help raise funds to assist former police officer and detective Bob Drew after a freak riding accident left him a quadriplegic. Video by Gareth Gardner, Friday, May 17, 2024.
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00:00 [Sounds of people talking]
00:14 I fractured my neck and injured my spine and I was conveyed to Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney by a Westpac chopper which I picked up.
00:27 I had a lot of pain in my back and it was all right. I better move some limbs here when it happened like that.
00:35 I had no movement in my legs and then I thought I better try my arms and I had no movement in them either.
00:41 I've now got some movement in my legs and I've got one arm that works so yeah, I've got that back since that happened.
00:52 [Sounds of people talking]
01:00 I couldn't do it without my wife. She is marvellous and friends. I've got this day on the other hand that's absolutely blown me away.
01:11 [Silence]