Paralyzed Cyclist Takes On New Challenge: The Pittsburgh Marathon

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After a year of therapy, paralyzed cyclist Danny Chew is taking on a brand new challenge: the Pittsburgh marathon.
For years, most people knew him as co-founder and promoter of The Dirty Dozen, the bike race up Pittsburgh’s thirteen steepest hills. To fellow cyclists, he was the Million Mile Man, the two-time winner of the Race Across America.
But that all changed on Sept. 4, 2016, when a dizzy spell caused Danny Chew to crash he