Our firm’s San Diego paralysis lawyers are very aware of the fact that car accidents can be one of the many causes of a spinal cord injury. Other crashes in other vehicles, such as motorcycle accidents, can do just as much damage to your spinal cord.
Jimmy Button knows those dangers of spinal cord injuries when it comes to motorcycling, which is why he’s trying to raise money for a cure and awareness so that motorcycle accident spinal cord injuries can be avoided in the future.
Button will go 2,428 miles from San Diego to Daytona Beach to fund a cure for spinal cord injuries.
In 2000: While at the San Diego Supercross, Button was practicing for a race when he was in a motorcycle accident that left him with a major spinal cord injury. Button was luckily able to recover from his injuries thanks to the support of his friends, family and physicians, but he knows he is one of the lucky ones.
In 2011: The former motocross champion and his trainer, Cory Worf, will be biking 2,428 miles from San Diego, California to Daytona Beach, Florida. In honor of his 10 year anniversary since the accident, Button and Worf will be riding to raise awareness for paralysis research, as well as develop a cure for severe spinal cord injuries.
This trip is called “Miles for Miracles” or “M4M” and the goal is to bring awareness and hope to those who are not as lucky as Button to recover from their spinal cord injuries. M4M is aiming to raise $1 Million to be donated to Dr. Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurology at University of California-Irvine Reeves Irvine Research Center in Irvine, California.
How can you help Button’s team raise money for spinal cord injury treatments? You can:
- Pledge $0.01 per mile or $23.34 per person.
- Give $5.00 by sending a text message BIKE to 85944. You’ll also have the opportunity to win a 450cc San Manuel Yamaha replica.
- Donate any amount you feel comfortable with by visiting Miles for Miracles Today.
You can follow Button’s journey on Twitter and Facebook and our firm will be tracking his progress every step of the way. Good luck, Jimmy!
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About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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