For Jake Bonney, piloting ROVs untethers him from his injury’s limitations

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Bonney credits his calm reaction during the accident to his experience piloting underwater drones.

He is recovering from fractured vertebrae and has regained some movement with extensive therapy.

Bonney has been able to continue his work piloting remotely operated vehicles, including searching for shipwrecks.

EAST GREENWICH – For a brief moment, as he lay on the snowy slope of a mountain in Maine’s Sunday River resort on a cold January day, Jake Bonney panicked.

Seconds before, Bonney had been skiing down an advanced trail when he hit a patch of ice. The impact caused his skis to slide under him, sending him headfirst into a tree.

“I kind of hit the tree and swung around and almost immed

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