the documentary series Yes I Can which aired in November 2011 on Setanta Sports. Paralysis In July 2010 Mark fell from a second storey window. He broke his back and was left paralysed. Mark is now living his own lessons, deciding how to overcome this second blow. A pioneer, he is exploring the frontiers of spinal cord injury recovery through aggressive physical therapy and robotic technology. In 2015 he sued Enda and Madeline Cahill, his friends and owners of the property he was staying at when he had his fall, claiming the Cahills had disregarded a “reasonably foreseeable risk” of him being seriously injured and that they should have made sure the window remained closed or at least warned Mr Pollock it was open, saying “There was no justification whatsoever to neglect such a risk." The court found the couple liable saying he was “satisfied that the Cahills failed to discharge the common law duty of care they owed as occupiers. The open window was a real risk to Mr Pollock. They created that risk.” Mr Pollock's lawyers confirmed he had limited his claim to a maximum of £2 million, the limit of the Cahills' household insurance, so the couple did not have to pay out themselves. Project Walk Pollock has embarked on an ambitious experimental treatment in an effort to overcome his paralysis in cooperation with an innovative treatment centre in California called Project Walk. Honors and awards In addition to the honorary degree awarded by Trinity College, Dublin mentioned above, Pollock has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University Belfast, and has been named a Young Global Leader. Mark also was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2015 by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. In 2012, Pollock was honored with a Rehab People of the Year Award. In 2020, Pollock was awarded UCD Alumnus of the Year in Business. References External links Official site Official site South Pole blog Appearance on Tubridy Tonight Yes I Can Mark Pollock Also Does Speaking. His Speaking Profile, Videos and Fee Info. 1976 births Living people Irish blind people Irish explorers Irish motivational speakers Irish male rowers 20th-century travel writers Irish travel writers Kayakers Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland People from Holywood, County Down Rowers from Northern Ireland Male writers from Northern Ireland 21st-century writers from Northern Ireland 21st-century non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland Irish disabled sportspeople British autobiographers British