We need work. At the time of the crash, Gnida had two drunk-driving convictions and was driving with a suspended license. Gnida, now 30, was convicted of drunken driving a third time last year. The first year I was scared. I talk with him and watch his mannerisms.
Nobody wants to interfere with progress.
He skated after a few Wings practices, with Wharton, a former teammate or a physical therapist supporting him. Mnatsakanov's progress includes a routine of listening to music and books in Russian and working on a computer in the living room of the family house. In decent weather, Elena or her mother, Ninel, takes Sergei in his wheelchair through the neighborhood. His memory is still not perfect. Once very bad.