VIDEO: Gulf Shores Cruisin'

Man with ALS builds, rents power beach wheelchairs

by on March 25, 2010 - 4:07pm

In coastal Alabama, Jerry Nasello, who received an ALS diagnosis in 2005, wanted to continue visiting his beloved Gulf Shores beaches. So he converted an old conventional power chair into a cool beach cruiser. He eventually multiplied this idea into a fleet of rentals and a business called Beach Power Rentals. Here is a 2-1/2-minute news video featuring Nasello produced by Devon Walsh on WKRG Channel 5, Mobile-Pensacola:

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