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Shepherd Center patients tests new Exoskeleton

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A breakthrough in medical technology could give paraplegics the hope to walk again.  

A patient at Shepherd Center in Atlanta is the first person ever to test a new Exoskeleton walking-assist device called "the Bionic Man."

FOX's John Roberts has the story.

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