Linda Scrivner,

To the members of the Illinois Walking Horse Association, I would like to apologize for any inconvenience that I may have caused in the delay of your horse show on Friday evening in Springfield, Illinois. I only reacted in a way that I would have done in my show or any other horse show… trying to help another person in trouble… someone that I didn’t even know. But that was okay, she was a horse person riding a Tennessee walking horse, what I didn't know was that when I came over the rail and landed on the arena floor, I shattered my second vertebrae and shattered my spinal cord. At this time, I’m paralyzed from the chest down, and with not a very promising outcome.

I remember laying there on the arena floor motionless and asking about the lady that fell, and I was told that she was okay and that she was helping me.

This is not easy for me because I always want to be on the giving end and not on the receiving end. If this had to happen, I’m glad that it happened with my friends, by my side at the horse show.

Thanks for your quick reaction in helping me.

Sincerely,

Rodger Weaver