Nominate Tyler Eklund for Extreme Makeover Home Edition

In April of 2007, 14-year-old Tyler Eklund was an up-and-coming snowboarder practicing at a Nationals tryout when he crashed hard and broke several vertebrae in his neck. Now, Tyler is paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe on his own. To compound the family's crisis, while at the hospital in Reno, the Eklund's home was also badly vandalized.

KOHD-TV has contacted its affiliacy, ABC, and nominated Tyler Eklund and his family for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition show. Extreme Makeover receives thousands of applications every week, so KOHD, with help from the Central Oregon community, is collecting interviews, signatures and additional applications on the Eklund's behalf to help their nomination stand out.

Go to www.kohd.com to find out how you can help.

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• extreme
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• home
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• paralyzed

[kagome41123]

have you guys seen the new house we all baught tyler i hope he gets better soon -beth

[SamxDannyTuckerxRea]

I'm sooo SAD, He's kinda cute! My Cousin KNEW him at High Desert. People the house was BADLY vandalized nominate him! PLEASE! by the way it's High Desert middle school not Desert Hills, I should know they beat my school at practially all our volleyball matches! We LOVE U Tyler!

[wakeskate1414]

get better. i snowboard at bach to but i live in portland. nice 7 at the beggining too.

[haynerashley]

OMG i miss tyler sooo much, i was hanging out with him the day before he left, me and him are like best friends, i love that kid sooo much!

and yes he's very cute ;)