Nine months after a crash left him paralyzed from the chest down, Jaiden Picot walked across the graduation stage at Virginia Union University (VUU) thanks to his determination and a robotic exoskeleton.
Picot, 22, suffered a C4 spinal cord injury in August 2024 after a truck hit him while he was riding an e-scooter to work. The injury left him unable to move his arms or legs, but on Saturday, May 10, he crossed the stage at VUU’s commencement ceremony on foot with the help of two therapists and robotic technology.
“I’m thrilled, I’m excited for myself. I honestly didn’t know how this was going to go, but we’re here now, and we’re going to do it,” Picot said ahead of his walk.
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