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Their house. >> it's really hard for me to go very hard with my crutches. >> translator: it makes me really sad to see my son this way. he is 19. >> when someone has a disability, the whole family has to pitch in to help them. if they don't have the money. the care that they provide for them is the very basic care. my name is richard st. denis. i take wheelchairs to people in mexico who can't afford them but really need them. in 1976, i broke my back skiing and severed my spinal cord. i see what happened to me as an opportunity to help other people with disabilities. we collect used wheelchair...

Time for this week's cnn hero. about 75,000 wheelchairs are thrown away every year in the united states and he uses it to help people with disability there is mexico. >> in mexico, people with disabilities, who can't get around, have no options. their world is the four walls of their house. >> it's really hard for me to go very far with my crutches. >> translator: it makes me really sad to see my son this way. he is 19. >> when someone has a disability, the whole family has to pitch in to help them if they don't have the money, the care they provide for them is the very basic care. my name is ...

Their world is the four walls of their house. >> it's really hard for me to go very far with my crutches. >> it makes me really sad to see my son this way. he is 19. >> when someone has the disability, the whole family has to pitch in to help them if they don't have the money, the care they provide for them is the very basic care. >> my name is richard st. denis, i take wheelchairs to people in mexico who can't afford them but really need them. in 1986, i broke my back skiing and severed my spinal cord. i see what happened to me as an opportunity to help other people with disabilities. we coll...

Don't have the money. the care that is provided for them is the basic care. i'm richard st. dennis and i take wheel chachairs to people mexico who need them, but can't afford them. in 1976, i broke my back skiing and i severed my spinal cord. i see what happened to me as an opportunity to help other people with disabilities. we collect used wheelchairs from the united states. to help us distribute the wheel chairs a lot of people with disabilities work with us. >> i think that this chair is going to be perfect. >> we make sure that the chair meets the needs of the person who receives it. >> a ...