Paralympic debut in the books, Humboldt survivor Jacob Wassermann looks to LA 2028

The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann. Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced the men's singles B final Sunday in Paris.

Paralympic debut in the books, Humboldt survivor Jacob Wassermann looks to LA 2028
A male Paralympic rower wearing a visor hat and sunglasses races with both hands on his oars as water splashes into the air.

The Paralympic learning curve was steep, but worth it for Jacob Wassermann. Less than two years after taking up the sport of para rowing and six years after he survived a bus crash that killed members of his Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, Wassermann raced the men's singles B final Sunday in Paris.