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Richard St. Denis is a Top 10 CNN Hero of 2011, notable for his organization, World Access Project, which since 2008 has provided hundreds of wheelchairs and mobility aids to people living with disabilities in rural Mexico.

He is an attorney from Colorado. He was injured while skiing in Lake Tahoe, California in 1976 and has used a wheelchair ever since. His World Access Project collects used wheelchairs from hospitals, nursing homes, medical supply businesses and individual donors from across the United States.

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