BENEFIT PLANNED TO AID PARALYZED MOTOCROSS RIDER; RACER CAME TO SIMI TO COMPETE.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Staff Writer Six months ago, 20-year-old Aaron Baker Aaron Baker (b.1620 - d.1683) was an English agent of the British East India Company holding Presidency positions in Bantam and Madras in the 1640s and 1650s. Baker made a fortune in the East Indian trade. was a rising amateur dirt motorcycle champion who moved to Simi Valley for a shot at racing professionally with a local motocross motocross Form of motorcycle racing in which cyclists compete on a closed course marked out over natural or simulated rough terrain. Courses vary widely but must be 1.5–5 km (1–3 mi) in length, with steep inclines, hairpin turns, and mud. team. He worked as a sales manager at Stiffie stiffie Vox populi–UK Erection, penile tumescence Max, which manufactures motocross apparel, raced on the company's professional team and even lived in the owner's home. Today, however, Baker lies in Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. from the chest down after a May 26 motocross accident during a practice session in Moorpark. The friends he's made during his short time in Simi Valley have organized a fund-raiser tonight to help defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, his medical expenses, which eventually could reach $500,000. ``To know Aaron, everyone likes him. The kid has a smile on his face even today. His hope (of recovery) is so strong and that's part of his recovery,'' said Toni Armstrong, the mother of motocross racer Matt Armstrong and an organizer of the fund-raising event. ``Being a motocross mom, I couldn't sit and do nothing. I had to help out,'' Toni Armstrong said. ``We all have hope that he may walk again, but he's got a lot of work in front of him.'' Baker is expected to be moved soon to a hospital in Northridge, before being transferred next month to a hospital in Phoenix that specializes in treating spinal injuries. Once he's in Phoenix, Baker will be closer to his father, Dan, who flew up from his home to be with Aaron. The family has been staying on the hospital grounds in a motor home loaned them by another motocross family. ``He's a tough little kid,'' said Dan Baker. ``He's doing relatively good for the extent of his injury.'' Aaron is now able to flex some of his upper body and retains sensation all over his body, he said. And throughout his ordeal, Aaron has maintained a positive outlook. ``Aaron is a very upbeat, positive person,'' said Brian Woodring, the owner of Stiffie Max. ``He's the type of person that people are drawn to, he's a real happy-go-lucky guy. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. anyone who doesn't like him.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color in SIMI only) Aaron Baker Hospitalized since May |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion