Ex-NYC Rep. Michael Grimm ‘paralyzed from chest down’ after falling off horse in freak polo accident: ‘A lot of prayers are needed’
Former Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm has been left paralyzed from the chest down after falling off of a horse in a freak polo accident in September, pals told The Post on Sunday. The 54-year-old Marine veteran is being treated at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey — where late “Superman’’ movie star Christopher Reeve also recovered after being paralyzed from the neck down from a fall from a horse.