After nine months of intensive rehab and some admittedly dark days Rebecca Koltun says she's learned to live with her disability rather than be defined by it.
Rebecca was supposed to go to Nashville this weekend with her best friend, Jessica Scheibel, but the accident changed everything. She is the most bubbly, chattery, entertaining person in the world. She s my favorite person to do everything with, Scheibel said.
Scheibel keeps contact with her through FaceTime, and she is helping raise funds for the family. I absolutely feel helpless, but the only thing we can do as her closest friends is to raise money for her and to get her the help she needs, she said.
Different businesses in the community have stepped up to give a helping hand for the Binghamton University senior. On Tuesday, part of the day s sales at Pete the Greek restaurant in Old Betpage will go to helping Rebecca get the care she needs. On Wednesday and in the days that follow, it will be other restaurants.
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BU senior receives support from community following skiing accident Provided by New York Catastrophic Injury Fund Rebecca Koltun, a senior at Binghamton University majoring in Spanish, has been left paralyzed from the neck down following a ski accident.
Students, hometown organizations help support Rebecca Koltun s fundraising campaign
April 7, 2021
Rebecca Koltun, a senior at Binghamton University majoring in Spanish, and her brother Erik, ’19, went skiing at Stratton Mountain in Vermont on Saturday, March 13. It was during this trip that Rebecca was involved in a life-threatening ski accident that has left her paralyzed from the neck down.
Two communities have since joined together to support Rebecca the BU community and her hometown, Plainview, New York. An online campaign was established to help finance Rebecca’s future medical expenses, which will likely exceed $1 million in out-of-pocket expenses in the first year alone, according to the campaign page. A