Pain physical and financial: Air crash survivor Paul Graham with his wife Sanfe and two of his children, Asya, 3, and Xzavier, 1.
Picture: Luke Fuda
Rescue: Mr Graham being winched from the crash scene.
BRADBURY plane crash survivor Paul Graham is selling his tools, cars and everything else to pay the bills and feed his family.
Last month the father of four was the sole survivor of a ultralight plane crash in which his friend and pilot Gary Malane died.
The crash left the 32-year-old plumber with spinal injuries and unable to continue work at his plumbing business, 7 Star Plumbing.
"I'm going to have a big garage sale and just sell everything and then we'll move down the coast where I can rent for free with my aunt and try to pay the mortgage because I'm already behind," Mr Graham told the Advertiser.
"I've sold a lot already — a couple of motorbikes and all my toys — because I know I can't ever ride them again."
Mr Graham said the pain in his back was getting worse.
"The nerves are starting to heal and I can feel the pain now," he said. "The doctors don't want to touch anything until the pieces mend themselves a bit because it's too dangerous to open it up and do anything.
"I still can't go to the toilet properly and I can't drink beer any more because I get a bit headachy and I get anxious and think I'm going to die."
He said he was still coming to terms with what had happened.
"To tell you the truth I haven't even registered that I've been in a crash — it's like nothing's happened," Mr Graham said.
"I haven't even grieved for my mate yet because I think he's still around."
Mr Graham said his two older children had been quiet since the crash but his younger ones didn't understand.
"They know not to come near me because they know I'm injured but they don't really know about it," he said.
The garage sale is at 51 Chisholm Crescent, Bradbury, from today to Sunday. Details: 0427 881 249
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