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Paralyzed West Hempstead native to push wheelchair from California to New York
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It’s been more than 20 years since Suheil Aghabi was paralyzed in a car accident only blocks from his West Hempstead home. The 42-year-old actor, known professionally as Gabriel Cordell, now lives in California but plans to come home this June by pushing his wheelchair 3,300 miles across the country.
Aghabi will leave Burbank on April 1 and roll his chair through 15 states, finishing on June...
