Paralyzed Former Nassau Asst DA Outlines Overcoming Adversity In Book

by Jerry Barmash, Patch.com (Rockville Centre edition), November 20, 2023 

Rockville Centre’s Ken Kunken details to Patch about his half-century struggle as a quadriplegic, but also his career and family life.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — The life-altering events would have been too difficult for many people to adjust to. Ken Kunken, though, found his calling in life while discovering how to navigate the setbacks.

Kunken was a football player at Cornell University when the unthinkable happened on Oct. 31, 1970.
He suffered a severed spinal cord leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. It took nine months in the hospital and extensive rehabilitation to bring a glimmer of normalcy back.

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