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Sabrina Cohen supports stem cell research for personal reasons.
Cohen is wheelchair-bound; paralyzed from the neck down. She was a 14-year-old high school sophomore in 1996 when she and a friend climbed into another teen's car, thinking they were getting a ride to a Halloween party.
"Within two minutes, they took off drag racing down Miami Beaches most dangerous curvy roads, 90 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone," Cohen remembered.
"One car lost control, hit the car I was in, we slammed into another car and then head on into a tree and instantly became a quadriplegic."
Cohen now raises money for stem cell scientists through her non-profit Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research. In three years she's drummed up $75,000.
"What attracted me...