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MAKING TIME COUNT – Motivational speaker Todd Duitsman spent time with La Conner Middle School students Hadley Shears and Kailey Carlson after his appearance at Landy James Gym last week. Duitsman, a successful realtor and businessman, was injured nearly five years ago in a body surfing accident. He urged his audience to make every second count. – Photo by Jacob Carver
Todd Duitsman remembers the exact minute he went from being an active sports-oriented realtor and businessman to a paraplegic bound to a wheelchair.
He was, both literally and figuratively, riding a wave of high expectations, full of life and believing all things were possible.
But the wave crashed hard.
Five years ago, Duitsman and his family were enjoying their second Hawaiian vacation in three summers when a sudden body surfing accident profoundly altered the 45-year-old Lakewood man’s perspective.
Now the minutes that matter most to him are those in present time.
The seconds, too.
“I want...
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