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Hall native runs Peachtree Road Race nearly 9 years after temporary paralysis
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Ben Hildebrant, center, embraces his parents Sharon and Loren Hildebrant Monday at the Peachtree Road Race. Hildebrant completed the race nearly nine years after an injury left him temporarily paralyzed from the chest down.
When Ben Hildebrant was 16, his father would push his wheelchair down Peachtree Road, from the Shepherd Center to a nearby restaurant. Nearly nine years later, Hildebrant ran nearly six miles down the street on his own two feet. The Hall County native was temporarily paralyzed after an injury from a diving accident in 2007.