NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (WKBN) – A shock that may change a veteran’s life perpetually. That’s what occurred Wednesday in New Wilmington.

James Silcox was shocked with a brand new Trac wheelchair. It’s one thing he’s been wanting for about two years. He’s a Navy veteran who served for greater than 20 years after which was medically retired due to an autoimmune illness that left him wheelchair-bound.

By way of the Wounded Warrior Mission and Trac Fabrication, a pair with no relation to the Silcox Household was capable of present the veteran.

“Numerous veterans need assistance and coming from the navy, I hate to say it however quite a lot of instances once they’re finished with you, you understand, they’re sort of finished with you,” stated Mike Christoff.

Mike and Colleen Christoff, a veteran household themselves, noticed a Trac wheelchair in motion on a fishing journey just a few years again. They felt it of their hearts to provide this life-changing present to somebody native.

“They’re wonderful. Veterans all the time assist out veterans. It’s a very particular connection. And the liberty it will likely be capable of present household is wonderful,” stated James’s spouse Alicia Silcox.

James’s son Luke Silcox stated there’s a lot you are able to do with the brand new chair.

“He can come fishing with me. He can come to the seaside with us. We will have adventures collectively,” he stated.

The chair Silcox is in now can solely drive on laborious surfaces akin to cement. The brand new chair is tailor-made to all of his wants.

“They really modify to place his gear within the again, to allow them to utterly customise the chair, which is superior,” stated Colleen Christoff.

Trac Fab ships all around the world, however they had been capable of get a first-hand look domestically at how their wheelchairs may help any individual in want. It’s not solely simply bodily getting him there, but it surely’s like a psychological well being enchancment for Silcox and anyone in his household circle.

Silcox will now get to look at his daughter horseback experience, which is one thing he hasn’t been capable of do.

The Christoffs hope this story will encourage others to pay it ahead.