<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div>It is good to see Jay is getting better, he's a good man. And tough. </div><div>Support Live Music<br> Blue Skies<br> JERRY E.</div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, February 21, 2014 10:57 AM, Kristi Ramirez <kla7901@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1689581088"><div><div>Way to go Jay! Awesome article! <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div
class="yiv1689581088yqt3273550545" id="yiv1689581088yqt00048"><div><br clear="none">On Feb 21, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Shaun Burdess <<a href="mailto:burd0352@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:burd0352@hotmail.com">burd0352@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<style>#yiv1689581088 #yiv1689581088 --
.yiv1689581088hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;padding:0px;}
#yiv1689581088 body.yiv1689581088hmmessage
{
font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}
#yiv1689581088 </style>
<div dir="ltr"><h1 id="yiv1689581088articleHeadContainer">Nebraska man injured while skydiving will Trek Up
the Tower</h1>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1689581088topBlock">
<div>
<div class="yiv1689581088byline">By <a href="mailto:katy.healey@owh.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:katy.healey@owh.com">Katy Healey</a> /
World-Herald staff writer</div></div>
<div title="2014-02-21T01:00:00-06:00" class="yiv1689581088dateline yiv1689581088updated">February 21,
2014</div>
<div class="yiv1689581088short1" style="clear: both;"></div>
<div class="yiv1689581088addthis_toolbox yiv1689581088addthis_default_style yiv1689581088toolstop" style="padding-right: 5px;"><a class="yiv1689581088addthis_button_facebook_like yiv1689581088at300b" href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">
</a><div class="yiv1689581088fb-like yiv1689581088fb_iframe_widget"><span style="width: 78px; height: 20px; vertical-align: bottom;"></span></div><a title="Tweet" class="yiv1689581088addthis_button_twitter yiv1689581088at300b" href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20140221/LIVEWELL02/140229844/1685#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"><span class="yiv1689581088at16nc yiv1689581088at300bs yiv1689581088at15nc yiv1689581088at15t_twitter yiv1689581088at16t_twitter"><span class="yiv1689581088at_a11y">Share on twitter</span></span></a><a title="Email" class="yiv1689581088addthis_button_email yiv1689581088at300b" href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20140221/LIVEWELL02/140229844/1685#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"><span class="yiv1689581088at16nc yiv1689581088at300bs yiv1689581088at15nc yiv1689581088at15t_email yiv1689581088at16t_email"><span class="yiv1689581088at_a11y">Share on email</span></span></a><span
class="yiv1689581088addthis_separator"></span>
<div class="yiv1689581088atclear"></div></div>
<div id="yiv1689581088_atssh" style="width: 1px; height: 1px; visibility: hidden;"></div>
<div class="yiv1689581088short1" style="clear: both;"></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1689581088articleImageContainer">
<div id="yiv1689581088gallery_pics" style="height: auto; visibility: visible;">
<div id="yiv1689581088gallery_pics_list" style="display: none;">
<div class="yiv1689581088gallery_pics_smallimg">
<div class="yiv1689581088imgbdr"><img alt="article photo" src="http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20140221&Category=LIVEWELL02&ArtNo=140229844&Ref=AR&Profile=1685&maxw=250&maxh=50"></div>
<div class="yiv1689581088cpholder"></div></div></div>
<div id="yiv1689581088gallery_pics_main">
<div class="yiv1689581088articleImageWrapper">
<div class="yiv1689581088mainimg" style="display: block; -ms-zoom: 1;">
<div class="yiv1689581088art_photo_wrapper"><img alt="article photo" src="http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20140221&Category=LIVEWELL02&ArtNo=140229844&Ref=AR&Profile=1685&maxw=598&maxh=400">
</div>
<div class="yiv1689581088photocredit" style="clear: both;">Courtesy photo</div><br clear="none">
<div class="yiv1689581088articleCaption">
Jay Roane and his wife Patti Freshman pose for a picture after walking a 5K
last summer. Roane, of Springfield, Neb., needed a wheelchair after a skydiving
accident in 2012 but slowly regained the ability to walk through physical
therapy. He will participate in the annual Trek Up the Tower in Omaha on
Saturday. <br clear="none"><br clear="all"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1689581088clearing"></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1689581088story">
<div class="yiv1689581088ndn-widget1 yiv1689581088ndn_embed yiv1689581088ndn_embedding yiv1689581088ndn_embedContainer yiv1689581088ndn-widget-embed-1" id="yiv1689581088ndn-video-single"></div>
<div class="yiv1689581088ndn-widget2 yiv1689581088ndn_embed yiv1689581088ndn_embedding yiv1689581088ndn_embedContainer yiv1689581088ndn-widget-embed-2" id="yiv1689581088ndn-video-single-02"></div>
<div class="yiv1689581088entry-content">
<div style="clear: left;">Jay Roane was floating 30 feet from the ground while
skydiving when a gust of wind forced his parachute away from the landing site
and his body onto the concrete. </div>
His ankle shattered. The impact shot up his spine and fractured his pelvis.
But Roane couldn't feel the pain. <br clear="none">
<div class="yiv1689581088mainStoryRightContent"><a href="http://ads.bhmedianetwork.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/omaha.com/LW/Fit/Art/1369412528/x16/default/empty.gif/6d49514c436c4b466d38734141332b38?x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"><img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="http://imagec18.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif" border="0"></a> </div>
“I knew right away that I couldn't move my legs,” the 52-year-old said. “I
pictured the rest of my life, sitting in a wheelchair.” <br clear="none">
Now, 18 months after his accident, he's picturing himself standing at the top
of Nebraska's tallest building. <br clear="none">
Roane is one of more than 2,000 people who will climb 870 steps to the top
floor of the First National Tower in Omaha this weekend. The eighth annual Trek
Up the Tower is Saturday. The race sold out one month after registration opened
last fall. <br clear="none">
The First National Tower is 40 stories — a little taller than two football
fields stacked on top of one another. <br clear="none">
More than a dozen firefighters from the Omaha and Papillion departments will
kick off the event around 7:15 a.m., climbing the tower in full gear, along with
Omaha police chief Todd Schmaderer. <br clear="none">
About 10 minutes later, one person will start climbing every five seconds to
avoid overcrowding. Once they reach the top, an elevator will take them back to
the lobby. <br clear="none">
The first place finisher usually races to the top in less than 5 minutes,
though most people finish in about 12 minutes. <br clear="none">
Roane, of Springfield, Neb., expects to reach the last step after 30 minutes
of climbing. <br clear="none">
Roane calls the feat a miracle he won't take for granted. <br clear="none">
He spent seven weeks at a rehabilitation hospital in Lincoln after the
accident. He learned to transfer himself from his wheelchair to the bed and back
to his wheelchair. He stood on his knees for just seconds at a time to
strengthen the muscles in his legs that still functioned — his quads and about
25 percent of his hamstrings. <br clear="none">
Roane continued rehab as an outpatient at the hospital, and by last March he
transitioned from a wheelchair to a walker and eventually a cane, which he still
uses today. <br clear="none">
Last summer, he walked a 5K. His next goal, he decided, was to finish Trek Up
the Tower. <br clear="none">
He practiced for the event at local hospitals, climbing up five floors,
taking the elevator to the lobby and repeating the process again and again. <br clear="none">
His cane will help him scale the stairs as will a brace on his left leg that
looks a little like a soccer player's shinguard. <br clear="none">
Roane has half the sensation on the bottom of his feet as most people, which
makes balancing difficult. He doesn't have use of his calf muscles, so his legs
tire more quickly. The range of motion in his left ankle, which was shattered in
the accident, is still limited. <br clear="none">
This time last year, Roane was more comfortable in a wheelchair than walking.
Now, thanks to physical therapy, he's trekking up the tower. <br clear="none">
Contact the writer:<br clear="none">402-444-1071,
<a href="mailto:katy.healey@owh.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:katy.healey@owh.com">katy.healey@owh.com</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://twitter.com/KatyHealey5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">twitter.com/KatyHealey5</a><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"></div></div><div><div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div>From: <a href="mailto:burd0352@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:burd0352@hotmail.com">burd0352@hotmail.com</a><br clear="none">To: <a href="mailto:members@skydivelspc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:members@skydivelspc.com">members@skydivelspc.com</a><br clear="none">Date: Fri,
21 Feb 2014 09:37:55 -0600<br clear="none">Subject: [Members] Nebraska man injured while skydiving will Trek Up the Tower<br clear="none"><br clear="none">
<style>#yiv1689581088 #yiv1689581088 --
.yiv1689581088ExternalClass .yiv1689581088ecxhmmessage P {
padding:0px;}
#yiv1689581088 .yiv1689581088ExternalClass body.yiv1689581088ecxhmmessage {
font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}
#yiv1689581088 </style>
<div dir="ltr">Article about Jay.<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><a href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20140221/LIVEWELL02/140229844/1685#nebraska-man-injured-while-skydiving-will-trek-up-the-tower" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.omaha.com/article/20140221/LIVEWELL02/140229844/1685#nebraska-man-injured-while-skydiving-will-trek-up-the-tower</a><br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> </div>
<br clear="none">_______________________________________________
Members mailing list
<a href="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com">Members@skydivelspc.com</a>
<a href="http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com</a></div> </div>
</div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Members mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a href="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com">Members@skydivelspc.com</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a href="http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><br><div class="yqt3273550545" id="yqt31225">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Members mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Members@skydivelspc.com">Members@skydivelspc.com</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com"
target="_blank" shape="rect">http://skydivelspc.com/mailman/listinfo/members_skydivelspc.com</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>