Two Nevadans who were paralyzed in high-profile automobile accidents encouraged voters Monday to support Democratic senatorial candidate Jack Carter because of Carter's support of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Cynthia Jay-Brennan, who won $35 million from Megabucks in 2000 and six weeks later was left paralyzed by a drunken driver, and Sam Schmidt, an Indy Racing League driver who crashed during a practice in Orlando, Fla. the same year, said that embryonic stem cell research was their key to walking again.
"It's our most promising research that's going to find a cure," Jay-Brennan said at a news conference outside of University Medical Center.
For Jay-Brennan and Schmidt, the road to recovery has been long and difficult, but both are active in the local community.
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