1.   A second bullet also perforated and partially severed his spine.

2.   After his spine was severed playing football, Byrd struggled to regain the use of his arms and legs.

3.   From a range of three feet, the gunman shot Wallace three times, severing his spine and paralyzing him for life.

4.   His spine was severed in the neck area.

5.   The bullet entered his abdomen and severed his spine.

6.   The bullet lodged in her neck and severed her spine at the second vertebra.

7.   The bullet severed her spine.

8.   Dominican-born jockey Rudy Baez was paralyzed from the waist down after severing his spine during a horse racing accident, his agent revealed.

9.   Doctors removed two bullets from her body, but a third severed her spine and stayed lodged in her back.