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Mat Barton working out at a training center at Beaverton.(Photos: Mat Barton) Nearly two months since a freak crash in a local bike race left him paralyzed from the chest down, southeast Portland resident Mat Barton is pushing his body through physical therapy and coming to grips with his new way of life. Mat is … Read more

Mat Barton. The community has responded in big way to the serious injury suffered by Portland resident Mat Barton. During a local mountain bike race on June 11th, Barton fell off balance while riding over a series of large bumps and flew off his bike head first. After surgery to repair broken vertebrae, doctors say … Read more