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Podcast: Talk of the Bay from KSQD
Episode: Meet Cynthia Ranii, the 78-year-old Santa Cruz resident going for Paralympic gold
Description: Cynthia Ranii, a Santa Cruz resident and elite table tennis player, is competing for a slot in the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games.
Ranii became paralyzed from the chest down in 2005 at age 58 after sudden onset of a rare neuro-immunologic disorder known as transverse myelitis. Ranii was at the peak of her career as a school district superintendent, she had a loving family that was expanding and she was athletic, active and healthy. Everything changed almost overnight.
Ranii was suddenly thrust into a new reality where almost nothing was comfortable or familiar. And it was then...