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Text Box: After Accident, Brother Helps Brother In NH Rehab.

(WBZ) NH Bureau:  Last year Patrick Killilea fell 30 feet off an

 escalator onto his head. His younger brother, Kevin, has spent

 the last three months by his side in New Hampshire and has help

 Patrick make amazing progress.

Every step of the way at Crotched Mountain, Kevin Killelea is

 by his brother Patrick's side.

"We've always been really close, he's a big part of my life

 forever and I was going to obviously be there for him when he needed help," Kevin said.


Last year, Pat, a 23-year-old star soccer player and skier from Middleton Massachusetts, fell off an escalator onto his head.

The family says after three months their insurance cut his Boston-based rehab because he wasn't making enough progress.

"My mom said she'd chain herself to the bed, she was not going to let him go to a nursing home," Kevin said.

But the Killilea's discovered the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center. Friends raised money to help move him there.

Kevin decided to take a semester off from Province College and move to New Hampshire where he works with therapists and to help his brother Pat.

"It's nice seeing that Pat's getting better, you see other people improve all around which is awesome," Kevin said.

The Killilea's said they received a 90-day approval from their insurance company to cover the Crotched Mountain services.

Pat could be out on the slopes again soon crotched mountain has an adaptive ski program and he's signed up.

Text Box: Karen Anderson
Reporting

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