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Garrison Redd

Garrison Redd (born 1988) is an American paralympic athlete. He was a Team USA Paralympic powerlifter. A former high school football player, Redd was paralyzed in 2005 after being struck by a stray bullet outside his home in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The bullet burned the nerves in his spine leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. In February 2018, Redd was chosen as a TEDx speaker. Redd competed in a national qualifier held at Logan University to represent Team USA in Bogotá, Colombia. Redd is also involved with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.

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Garrison Redd (born 1988) is an American paralympic athlete. He was a Team USA Paralympic powerlifter. A former high school football player, Redd was paralyzed in 2005 after being struck by a stray bullet outside his home in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The bullet burned the nerves in his spine leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. In February 2018, Redd was chosen as a TEDx speaker. Redd competed in a national qualifier held at Logan University to represent Team USA in Bogotá, Colombia. Redd is also involved with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.

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  1. date of birth: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1988". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306370877

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