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Arizona Diamondbacks draft paralyzed player in 34th round - ESPN
The key to this, though, is that the Diamondbacks really want to work with Hahn (obviously not on the field):
Bypassing conventional wisdom in the draft, the Diamondbacks used the 1,020th overall pick of the draft on Arizona State's Cory Hahn, an outfielder who was partially paralyzed during a game in 2011.
Hahn was taken off on a stretcher and had surgery later that night, but was paralyzed from the mid-chest down after fracturing his C-5 vertebrae. He's spent the past two years helping Arizona State's program as a student coach.
The Diamondbacks waited until the 34th round to pick Hahn because he wore No. 34 at ASU.
The key to this, though, is that the Diamondbacks really want to work with Hahn (obviously not on the field):
We want to make this permanent. We don't want this to just be about the selection and him being a draft pick, but about him working in full-time employment with the Diamondbacks and hopefully we'll make that come to fruition for he and his family here soon."