An SUV traveling in the opposite direction swerved across the midline. Though his father tried to swerve, the vehicle hit the leftpassenger side of the car, where Lyle was seated. “It sounded like a bomb,” said Lyle’s mother Dorothy. Though she, her husband, and their second son were not injured, Lyle’s defective seat moved upon impact and as a result he was paralyzed from the waist down.“Lyle also ruptured his intestine and fractured his hip, but the doctors weren’t going to operate on that because they thought he would never walk again,” Dorothy said. She moved to Philadelphia with Lyle, who is autistic,underwent rehabilitation. After 7 months away from the other half of the family, Lyle hasregained some feeling in his arms and legs and can now use a walker for short distances, though his still relies primarily on a wheelchair. Dorothy clarified, “the hospital billswere $15,000, which is actually pretty moderate, but the real cost has been emotional.”