Newspaper Articles
My decisions, like all of us, have results, consequences, both good and bad. I have had to make some monumental decisions in recent years with no regret. The positive outcomes out weigh any negatives that some would expect. I am of good fortune that some of my decisions, and their unexpected results, have been documented in newspaper articles. These motivate me everyday.
March 16, 2011
Local Athlete Loses a Leg - and Gains a Life
North Raleigh News (NC)
Eric Gabriel sat at his computer on Sunday, August 16, 2009 and sent an e-mail to his doctor at Duke Medical Center."Hi Doc - Hope all is well. Sorry to bother you but I have come to a decision. I want my leg taken off."
June 12, 2011
Life Keeps Getting Better for Athletic Amputee
North Raleigh News (NC)
"Alone and depressed in August 2009, he sent an e-mail to his doctor and asked for surgery to amputate his leg above his knee as a desperate attempt to reclaim his quality of life."
September 9, 2012
He Speaks and is Better for it. Amputee, Fighting Off Depression and Loneliness Finds New Life in Old Club
News & Observer (newsobserver.com)
"For the big day, Eric Gabriel pulled on his prosthetic leg, then strapped on a tie. He rolled his wheelchair to his computer, took a deep breath, and flipped on his webcam - broadcasting his face to a screen 18 miles away."
February 20, 2015
Softball Star Turned Amputee Has Winning Attitude
GCU Today (Rick Vacek - news.gcu.edu)
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August 2019
Powerful Words from Someone Truly Inspiring
Grand Canyon University, Alumni News
"It ain't about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep movin' forward. How much you can take, and keep movin' forward. That's how winning is done."
April 18, 2019
Losing Both Legs Couldn't Stop March to Doctorate
GCU Today (Ashlee Larrison - news.gcu.edu)
“It has been 10 years since Eric Gabriel made the life-changing decision to allow doctors to amputate his right leg and five years since he enrolled in the doctoral program at Grand Canyon University. On April 26, he finally will make it to the finish line of his doctoral program, another 13 surgeries (his lifetime total is more than 50) and another amputation (his left leg) later.”
May 13, 2019
Mebane Man’s Journey Through Amputations a Lesson in Perseverance
Times News (Whitney Miller - Burlington, NC)
“Eric Gabriel recently received his doctorate, focusing his dissertation on what motivates lower-amputee men to exercise and its impact on their well-being. A bilateral amputee and competitive adaptive rower, Eric used his own experiences as inspiration.”