Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Tony Nicklinson suffered a massive stroke in 2005 that left him with locked-in syndrome — he is completely paralyzed and unable to speak, but his mind was unharmed.
Now, the 57-year-old has become the first person to tweet using only the movement of his eyes:
Hello world, I am tony nicklinson, I have locked-in syndrome and this is my first ever tweet.
Nicklinson, who lives in the U.K., will ask the high court Monday to argue that a doctor should be allowed lawfully to end his life. He says his current state is “dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable.”
Follow him @TonyNicklinson. (Loving husband and father. Rugby fan. Twitter novice with locked-in syndrome.)
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Just went to his twitter. RIP
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I hope that he gets his wish through court. Everyone deserves the right to die as much as the right to life, in...
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