Chapter 14
Vincent Hanna hunched forward in his wheel chair, trying to pay attention to the speeches which were being made in his behalf. But his mind was millions of light years away, on that one fatal misstep which had cost him the use of his legs. It was a dangerous exploration mission, into the outer nebulae, and he had volunteered for it.
Everything was going well until he saw a strange crater that seemed to pulsate as if it was radioactive. Approaching the center too closely, his mind concentrating on the camera he held, he lost his footing and plunged hundreds of feet down the side. By the time they pulled him out, the strange volcanic substances had burned and scarred his legs.
The doctors had been able to save the legs, but he would never walk again.
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