Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett puts his skills and strength to the test while he rolls up a ramp to enter a public bus in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett puts his skills and strength to the test while he rolls up a ramp to enter a public bus in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.

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  1. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Swimmers and campaign ambassadors Grant Hackett, Eamon Sullivan, Emily Seebohm, Cate Campbell and Jana Pittman launch the Uncle Tobys Swim Survive Stay Alive campaign at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre on October 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The campaign hopes to reduce the number of child drowning incidents in Australia by offering water safety advice and practical swimming classes.
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  4. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Swimmers and campaign ambassadors Grant Hackett, Eamon Sullivan, Emily Seebohm, Cate Campbell and Jana Pittman launch the Uncle Tobys Swim Survive Stay Alive campaign at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre on October 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The campaign hopes to reduce the number of child drowning incidents in Australia by offering water safety advice and practical swimming classes.
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  6. Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett navigates a doorway while in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.
  7. Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett uses an ATM as he puts his skilla and strength to the test in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.
  8. Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett puts his skills and strength to the test while he rolls up a ramp to enter a public bus in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.
  9. Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett makes his way through the isles of a bus as he puts his skills and strength to the test in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.
  10. Retired Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett navigates a doorway while in a wheelchair, in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hackett and other Australian personalities traded walking for wheelchairs to experience the life of a paraplegic as part of spinal awareness week.
  11. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Grant Hackett and wife Candice Alley pose at the Emirates marquee during the Emirates Melbourne Cup Day 2009 at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  12. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Grant Hackett and wife Candice Alley pose at the Emirates marquee during the Emirates Melbourne Cup Day 2009 at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  13. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Swimmers and celebrities Jana Pittman, Cate Campbell, Ed Phillips, Mike Goldman and Grant Hackett launch the Uncle Tobys Swim Survive Stay Alive campaign at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre on October 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The campaign hopes to reduce the number of child drowning incidents in Australia by offering water safety advice and practical swimming classes.

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