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Students Win Big After Making Ramp For Classmate

STRASBURG, Colo. (CBS4) - Students at Pickens Technical College in Aurora can add a feather to their cap.

They came together to build a wheelchair ramp for their classmate, Noah Williams, who lives in Strasburg and was paralyzed in a crash.

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The wheelchair helps him get out of his house and travel from Aurora to Strasburg.

The ramp was a success, but to sweeten the pot, the students also entered their hard work in a contest an won!

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They entered it in a Weld It Forward National Contest and won $20,000 worth of equipment to update the shop at their school.

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