There are very few things scarier in sports than an athlete going down with a spinal injury that leads to paralysis. How sad is it when it happens to a young person? Football and hockey see their fair share of such incidences and often the chance of regaining movement is remote.

Until now? If the Miami Project has anything to say about it maybe people who suffer from severe spinal chord trauma may have hope.

 Dr. Andrew Cappuccino applied this procedure for the first time on Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett who suffered a fracture and dislocation of his cervical spine. After surgery, he was still in critical condition. However, he has been able to regain some movement in his arms and legs.

If Everett makes it through, this may bring Miami Project out of obscurity and into the mainstream. And it may very well be deserved. Only time will tell.

Note: Since I wrote this on my own blog in September 2007, Everett visited his teammates December 23. He was walking.