Eight Years Later, He Won't Quit
by Robert E. Kessler
Newsday, 1978

In just a fraction of a second eight years ago, Ken Kunken of Oceanside went from being a star athlete to a quadriplegic who needs an attendant to help him bathe, eat and dress.
Kunken, who had lettered in football and wrestling at Oceanside High School, was paralyzed when he broke his neck making a tackle on a kickoff return in a Cornell-Columbia football game. Exept for slight movement that has returned to his left arm, Kunken’s physical condition has remained the same since that football game.
But aided by $38,000 raised by residents of Oceanside, $40,000 by Cornellians, the support of his friends and relatives and teachers, and personal fortitude, 28-year-old Kunken has earned three academic degrees, is working as a counselor and has applied for admission to Hofstra University law school. /full article/