Christopher Reeve

This is a Picture of Christopher Reeve in 1984.

Christopher Reeves was born on September 15, 1992 in New York City. When he was four his parents Barbara Johnson and Franklin Reeves got divorced. he then moved with his mother and his brother Benjerman to Princeton New Jersey. The boys spent alot of time visiting their father. Reeves father was a poet, novelist, and a scholar of Russian literature.

As a child Reeve appeared in many schoo plays and became involved in music. In high school he was president of the drama club and played hockey. After high school he toured the country as the leading man, Celeste Holms, in The Verb to Love. After that he got a college education.

Christophor auditioned in the movie Superman, in 1978, and got the role. Later he did the movie Somewhere in Time and Superman 2. Reeve did 17 feature films, 12 movies, and about 150 films.

This is Reeve after the accident in a wheel chair.

In May, 1995, in Cupper Virginia Reeves horse Balked at a rail, tossing him forward. He landed head first because his hands were caught in the horses bridal. He then fractured his top vertebrae, causing him to be instantly paralyzed from the neck down. Fast medical attention saved his life. Reeves neck and spine literally had to be reconected. After six months in a rehabilitation center, Reeve got to go back to his home in New York.

After this Reeve raised a great amount of money for a cure to spine injurey. He also raised allot of public awareness about thin subject. In conclusion, I think that after all that Reeve went through, him being able to turn his life around, and be a great influence on people of all ages, makes him a hero.