More than a year and a half after a devastating accident, Klaw Rey left the hospital for the first time Thursday night to graduate from high school.
Rey was walking to the bus stop on his way to Da Vinci High School in October 2024 when he was run over by a garbage truck. He suffered catastrophic injuries that forever changed his life. One leg was amputated at the hip. He was left paralyzed from the waist down. And he’s endured more than 20 surgeries.
He has remained at Erie County Medical Center and ECMC’s Terrace View Long Term Care facility ever since…