Katka Ripova visits her son Honza Ripa, 18, who was paralyzed in a Russian River swimming accident in June and is in the Critical Care Unit at St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, Friday, August 7, 2009.

Honza Ripa

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