East Bridgewater Family In Need After Father Paralyzed In Freak Accident

EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA — An East Bridgewater family is in need over the holidays after a severe accident that broke a man’s neck and crushed his spinal cord. Aaron Gross had to be airlifted to a hospital after he slipped and fell in the bathroom in the middle of the night and hit his head on the bathtub.

“We had so many dreams we have to put on hold now,” Gross’ wife Brooke said. “Everything’s going to change. Everything.”

In just one instant, the family’s world was turned upside down. Just days before Christmas, Aaron Gross, a husband, dad, and veteran, suffered a freak accident in his home.

“I could hear him screaming my name. I could definitely tell something was wrong. I ran out and he was face forward on the ground,” said Brooke, who found him on the bathroom floor.

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