Names may have been changed to protect those who are presumed to be innocent.
Volume I
Volume II
You truly cannot understand Perry without knowing his absolutely incredible father, Tony.
Tony is now a twice paralyzed veteran of the Panamanian Conflict, and other arenas which he's not at liberty to speak of.
He's an amazing man, who I'm honored to know and love.
Tony has taken me in as though I were a little brother to Perry.
I can already hear you saying
"Twice paralyzed? Really? That's not possible!"
I swear by my mother's name that it is possible.
You see, Tony was working to remove the barnacles on a dock.
To remove these barnacles, they floated the dock onto the shore, and flipped it over.
the dock fell on top of him, breaking his spine, and rendering his legs nearly useless...
...for a while.
Over the years after this incident, Tony taught himself to walk again.
But two years ago he was involved in a vehicular accident which re-broke his spine.
Once again Tony found himself bound to a wheelchair.
But that only slows him down a little.
Tony is a very adamant person, when it comes to what he wants.
He's the only person I've ever known to sport a "handicapped" tag on his motorcycle.
(This is featured twice in "Road Rash" magazine, out of Chattanooga Tennessee, in case you ever want to question the validity of my stories.)
In the years hence, Tony has re-learned how to use his single crutch to walk on his own.
It's not perfect, but it's single-minded mobility.
Tony was an absolutely HUGE man before these accidents.
The size of his biceps would dwarf many men's heads.
And this didn't change so much when he was relegated to only using his upper body.
There have been a number of times when Tony has removed the foot rest from his wheelchair and used it as a weapon.
(Hey, it extends your reach by a foot and a half)
But he's never been prosecuted for this.
After all, are you going to want to bring up a paraplegic man on charges of assault against a fully fledged adult male?
I think not.
He's not a man you'll ever want to cross, (even now)
but he's been just as good as my own father to me,
simply because I've never screwed his family over.
But even with the paralysis recovery to consider, I never have a second thought over letting Tony drive.
(and he often does!)
So few people can reconnect their feet to themselves after a broken back, but Tony has now done so twice.
Yes he stumbles once in a while,
but that's where I come in.
I can still catch him before he hits the ground and hurts himself further.
I look up to this man just as much as I do my own father,
and woe betide anybody unfortunate enough to have less of a connection with him.
because many people have not survived a face-to-face encounter with El Diablo Rojo.
(The name he was known by to many Panamanians)
I cannot speak so freely about Tony as I have of Perry,
but this should let you know why Perry will say
that he's only half the man that his father is.
I can only hope to be a quarter of the man that each of them are.
Even that might be stretching it.
Volume IV
Volume I
Volume II
You truly cannot understand Perry without knowing his absolutely incredible father, Tony.
Tony is now a twice paralyzed veteran of the Panamanian Conflict, and other arenas which he's not at liberty to speak of.
He's an amazing man, who I'm honored to know and love.
Tony has taken me in as though I were a little brother to Perry.
I can already hear you saying
"Twice paralyzed? Really? That's not possible!"
I swear by my mother's name that it is possible.
You see, Tony was working to remove the barnacles on a dock.
To remove these barnacles, they floated the dock onto the shore, and flipped it over.
the dock fell on top of him, breaking his spine, and rendering his legs nearly useless...
...for a while.
Over the years after this incident, Tony taught himself to walk again.
But two years ago he was involved in a vehicular accident which re-broke his spine.
Once again Tony found himself bound to a wheelchair.
But that only slows him down a little.
Tony is a very adamant person, when it comes to what he wants.
He's the only person I've ever known to sport a "handicapped" tag on his motorcycle.
(This is featured twice in "Road Rash" magazine, out of Chattanooga Tennessee, in case you ever want to question the validity of my stories.)
In the years hence, Tony has re-learned how to use his single crutch to walk on his own.
It's not perfect, but it's single-minded mobility.
Tony was an absolutely HUGE man before these accidents.
The size of his biceps would dwarf many men's heads.
And this didn't change so much when he was relegated to only using his upper body.
There have been a number of times when Tony has removed the foot rest from his wheelchair and used it as a weapon.
(Hey, it extends your reach by a foot and a half)
But he's never been prosecuted for this.
After all, are you going to want to bring up a paraplegic man on charges of assault against a fully fledged adult male?
I think not.
He's not a man you'll ever want to cross, (even now)
but he's been just as good as my own father to me,
simply because I've never screwed his family over.
But even with the paralysis recovery to consider, I never have a second thought over letting Tony drive.
(and he often does!)
So few people can reconnect their feet to themselves after a broken back, but Tony has now done so twice.
Yes he stumbles once in a while,
but that's where I come in.
I can still catch him before he hits the ground and hurts himself further.
I look up to this man just as much as I do my own father,
and woe betide anybody unfortunate enough to have less of a connection with him.
because many people have not survived a face-to-face encounter with El Diablo Rojo.
(The name he was known by to many Panamanians)
I cannot speak so freely about Tony as I have of Perry,
but this should let you know why Perry will say
that he's only half the man that his father is.
I can only hope to be a quarter of the man that each of them are.
Even that might be stretching it.
Volume IV
