men and women so i volunteered for the uso started going out there and a helping military charities like the independence fund. i got involved with them. with the track chairs and everything like that. i got involved with them in 2000 your foundation does what. one of the programs that we have is called rise restoring independence, supporting empowerment that means we want to provide specially adapted housing for our wounded veterans. okay. mobility devices track chairs, that kind of thing. adapted vehicles. right. we want to do things to empower them and give them their independence back. that s very, very important. so you played an amputee in forrest gump. you got to talk to some the vets and you got empathy is that the word, empathy for them that you felt it was your mission to do this? partially, and i had been involved with vietnam veterans groups going back to the 1980s. so i had very serious attraction. what was it that
men and women so i volunteered for the uso started going out there and a helping military charities like the independence fund. i got involved with them. with the track chairs and everything like that. i got involved with them in 2000 your foundation does what. one of the programs that we have is called rise restoring independence, supporting empowerment that means we want to provide specially adapted housing for our wounded veterans. okay. mobility devices track chairs, that kind of thing. adapted vehicles. right. we want to do things to empower them and give them their independence back. that s very, very important. so you played an amputee in forrest gump. you got to talk to some the vets and you got empathy is that the word, empathy for them that you felt it was your mission to do this? partially, and i had been involved with vietnam veterans groups going back to the 1980s. so i had very serious attraction. what was it that
independence fund. with the track chairs. i got involved with them in 08. your foundation itself, it gives money, it does what? well one of the programs we have is called r.i.s.e. restoring independence supporting empowerment. we want to provide specially adapted housing for wounded vets. mobility devices, track chairs, that kind of thing. right. adapted vehicles. we want to do things that are going to empower them give them their independence back. that s very very very important. you played an amputee in forrest gump and got to talk to some of the vets and got i guess empathy. is that the word? empathy for them that you felt it was your mission to do this? well partially and i had been involved with vietnam veterans groups going back to the 80s so i had very serious compassion for them. what was it that attracted you to the military side of it? the military in my family first of all. on my side of the family world war i, world war ii korea era. then my wife s si
are here. reporter: it almost stopped at one point because his legs were chaffing but they pushed n on. hunter called it the cerebral palsy swagger. was this a fundraiser? reporter: it wasn t a fundraiser but people did donate money. the goal was to put a face on cerebral palsy. he wanted to inspire the next generation of leaders, doctors and engineers to come up with treatment and better mobility devices. the goal was to raise awareness and look at the video. all of the people that showed up. look at us talking about it right now. i think the goal was achieved. mike, thanks so much and hats off to braden and hunter. well done. new details about the
to be modified in order to take somebody in a wheelchair. but this is going to be the first one factory produced to accommodate wheelchair. it s called the mv 1. a door opening is 36 inches wide, 56 inches tall. room for the wheelchair in the front of the vehicle which allows the disabled passenger to sit next to the driver. it was designed with help from the miami project to cure paralysis which is a spinal energy center at the university of miami. the advantages it has over converted vehicles is a conversion can actually affect the vehicle s structural integrity and this is smaller than a typical van. it will be classified as a car. 14 million americans use wheelchairs or other mobility devices. production for this is going to start in indiana later this year. price wills come out or will start under $40,000.