Oneday, I was chatting with my friend Sam, and he expressed his bewilderment over the lack of concern people had for what myself, and Mightywheels, are trying to do for people who use wheels. People who can walk take walking completely for granted! Sam works as an apprentice Bio-Science Technician, and he uses wheels, too. Sam’s brother, Rob, joined in on the conversation, and shared his unconventional, even drastic, view, on what he thought would be the necessary measure to drive this point home. Rob wondered aloud what would happen if he were to inject victims that take walking for granted with an inject-able paralytic agent. Rob had a lot of time to think while in prison, and in his somewhat warped mind, he thought he could affect a positive change in thinking. Nearing Rob’s release date, he asked Sam to build the device. Though reluctant at first, Sam eventually gave into Rob’s insistence, and realized that this, if nothing else, could raise awareness to the problems that those who use wheels face. At first Rob injected fellow inmates; those that had committed more heinous crimes. In a way, Rob felt this was a sort of redemption for his own transgressions. His window of opportunity presented itself during the monthly fire drill. The inmates were marched out of their cells, single file, and he found himself behind James Gabrattino, an inmate sentenced to life. Gabrattino was one bad dude, and most other inmates did not want to associate with him. As they were returning to their cells, Rob twisted exiting his cell, into the hall and poked James with the device. The needle went deep into his thigh. Almost instantly, James started complaining, “What the hell is going on with my toes? They’re burning, so bad I want to kill someone.. A voice in Jame’s head says, you shouldn’t have been so mean to that guy in the wheelchair.
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