Teen in Wheelchair with Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Skydives with U.S. Army Parachute Team
"It is my pleasure and highest privilege of my career to take Ryan on this Army experience," said Sgt. First Class and tandem team instructor Chris Acevedo
By Joelle GoldsteinApril 14, 2021 02:59 PM
A Virginia teen is refusing to let a debilitating disease define his life and recently got the chance to prove it by going skydiving with the U.S. Army Parachute Team.
On Tuesday, Ryan Alam was given the opportunity to go on a tandem jump with a member of the Golden Knights, which is the U.S. Army's Parachute Team, ABC affiliate WJLA reported.
Though Ryan lives with a rare neurodegenerative disease and is in a wheelchair, he didn't let that stop him from free-falling outside of his high school in Potomac Falls, according to the outlet.
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