Parkinson's Patient Deals With Disability With New Invention
Feature Story broadcast on WRAL-TV 5:
"You're in the prime of life, happy and healthy. Then you're diagnosed with a life-changing illness with no cure.
What would you do? The next story is one man's inspiring answer."
Mike Tucker is a big guy who loves protecting others. At the 1996 Olympics, he was a bodyguard for Michael Jordan, Mary Lou Retton and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf.
"I was a police officer, in the gym six days a week, rode a bike 40 miles on the weekend, and I could bench press 350 pounds," said Tucker.
But not anymore. While working at the Olympics, Tucker realized something was wrong.
"I noticed when I was there, my left side got a lot weaker," he said.
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