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Report: Mark Mann Walking Again

Mann, who grew up in Woodbury, lost his legs below the knee after a boating accident last spring.

New Life Academy graduate Mark Mann, who lost his legs in a June boating accident, is taking his first steps with prosthetic legs, according to a KSTP report.

Mann grew up in Woodbury, and has been raising funds to pay for medical expenses. An event was held at New Life in August.

“It really isn’t a sob story. I’m grateful to be alive and breathing,” Mann told Patch in July. “I’m a pretty positive person, and I’ve tried to keep that mind-set throughout.”

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Now, he’s walking again.

The first steps were “very robotic,” he told KSTP, and said he has longed for those “simple moments” like standing up.

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