High school students’ technology helps this man who uses a wheelchair mow his lawn again
Rob Piper says he loves cutting his grass, so much so that he even considered launching his own lawn-cutting business.
But around five years ago, the Windsor, Ont., man was injured in a cycling accident — he’s been using a wheelchair ever since.
Piper said he took to Facebook to say how much he missed it and was eventually connected to the technology program at St. Anne Catholic High School to find a solution.
“I’m so excited,” he said.
“The boys and girls did an amazing job on it. Tried it out for a couple rows and … ready to go cut the whole neighborhood.”
Mike Costello, who teaches manufacturing and technology at St. Anne, said he and a group of