AIRDRIE, ALTA.—The mother of injured Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki has shed a lot of tears over the past year and that didn’t change as the family finally returned to its newly renovated home Saturday. The family has been living in hotels since last July when Ryan returned home from physiotherapy in Philadelphia. Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the chest down in the April 6, 2018, crash between a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos and a semi-trailer. Everything has just been amazing and you saw my mom with the tears going on. Even having all the controls here — I can do it on my own and don’t have to depend on other people.” Her son’s smile prompted more tears from Michelle Straschnitzki.

Source: thestar April 27, 2019 13:30 UTC