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Published July 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

Osakis man keeps carving beautiful ducks despite paralysis

Brian Bangtson of Osakis carves beautiful decoys with dexterity and taste. What’s so miraculous about this? Bangtson, 47, was paralyzed from the chest down in 2005. A staph infection in the fall of 2005 left Bangtson paralyzed in the hospital for more than 15 weeks.

By: Leah Stinson, Echo Press Intern, Alexandria Echo Press

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