Hi, Welcome to my little home on the Internet.  I'm 32 years old and I have a spinal cord
injury; I sustained my injury while serving in the Air Force.  I was in the Air Force for nearly
three years when on duty July 1993, I fell from a tree and broke my neck at the C5/C6
level.  The base hospital flew me to the University of Nebraska where I stayed about a
month in intensive care.  During my stay, the doctor fused my neck back together and I
had to wear a halo for three months.  Oh yea, this doctor is also who informed me I would
be paralyzed and would have to learn to live life as a Quadriplegic.   After this month, I
went to the University of Kansas hospital and did my inpatient rehab until the end of
December 1993.  During this time, I was medically discharged from the military with a
service connected disability.  That was a bummer, I had just begun my childhood dream of
serving my country and it came to a tragic end.  I continued to live in Kansas City {Go
Chiefs} until November 1996, my ex-wife asked me for a divorce at this time.  My loving
parents let me build on to their house in Mississippi, so I moved in with them and continue
to live there this day.  I have a service dog named Capi.  I got her from a place in Kansas
that trains dogs for people with disabilities, named Cares.  She picks up items that I drop
and gives it back to me.  She was also trained to turn on/off lights, open/close doors/ and
to pull my wheelchair, if needed.  But above all, she's my best friend.  

So, What do I do for fun?  I fish, hunt, ride my 4 - wheeler, cut and bush hog grass, and now
I do work with my tractor.  I'm able to do all of the above due to one person, my DAD.  He
designed and made my adaptive equipment that allows me to hunt and fish.  He didn't design
my 4 wheeler, but he should have , because he had to strip it down to the frame and rebuild
it.  I have a bush hog that I pull behind it, and a 60 inch finishing cut mower that attachés to
the front of my 4 wheeler.  The adaptive equipment that allows me to drive my Quad Trak
was 100% designed and built by my dad.  The idea of having a wheelchair carrying box
hooked up to the 3 point hitch was an idea I got from looking at the tractor Herb Wilcut has at
Mississippi State.  

I'm a member of PVA {Paralyzed Veterans of America}, DAV {Disabled American
Veteran}, AAPD {American Association People With Disabilities, and NSCIA {National
Spinal Cord Injury Association}.

The following people deserve a Big Thank You, for helping my Quad-Trak become a
reality.  My dad, of course, for designing and building it; Anel Corporation for donating
the Metal; and Herb Wilcut {MS. Agrability} for his time and expertise.