# Will you pay any attention to the paralympics?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274 "2024-08-05T17:29:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pay-any-attention-to-the-paralympics/1005274/34 "2024-08-28T01:37:11Z")

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Remember the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018?

The goalie from the team will be competing in Paris in the rowing competition. He’s been practising on the Mighty Wascana, close to Chez Pipers.

> **[Former Humboldt Broncos goalie Jacob Wassermann rows himself into Paralympics](https://leaderpost.com/sports/local-sports/former-humboldt-broncos-goalie-jacob-wasserman-rows-himself-into-paralympics)**
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> Saskatchewan's Jacob Wasserman — a survivor from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash — will be competing for Team Canada at the 2024 Paralympics.

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> [@Bus Crash Of Junior Hockey Players in Saskatchewan - Fatalities Confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed/811965):
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> A bus carrying a Junior Hockey League team to a playoff game in East-Central Saskatchewan was T-boned by a semi today. The Mounties have confirmed fatalities and injuries. Rumours say as many as 15 dead. Witnesses say a crane has been needed to move the remains of the bus. Air ambulances have been carrying injured to hospitals. Junior Hockey League teams have players ranging from 16 to 21, from anywhere in Canada or the States. Tweets of sympathy and condolences from Prime Minister Trudeau,…

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