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Tag: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

#filltheboot for Muscular Dystrophy

Today was our local fire department’s ‘Fill the Boot’ day to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy research, awareness, and community support. As I dropped in my handful of cruddy change from the cup holder in my truck I couldn’t help but reflect back on our work with Matt Johnston and his Diving a Dream project…

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Making Headlines | Diving a Dream

Matthew Johnston partners with Ocean Opportunity Inc., and with the culmination of 3 years of hard work and dedication, he becomes the world’s first ventilator dependent diver. The project is featured on NBC’s Today Show in January 2007. The project was a critical demonstration of advances in adaptive diving, and perhaps more importantly, the ability to…

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