He had great plans for after high school he wanted to go to Yale University. In the winter of 1885-86 he was badly hurt. He was injured in a hockey game when another player’s stick hit him in the face. This injury plunged Wilbur into depression. He did not receive his high school diploma, canceled plans for college,and went home.His mother, Susan Koerner died in 1889 of tuberculosis.In 1889 the brothers started their own newspaper,called the West Side News. In 1892, Wilbur and Orville opened a bike shop, fixing bikes and selling their own