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Amazon driver who was shot will get new wheelchair-friendly home
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/amazon-driver-who-was-shot-will-get-new-wheelchair-friendly-home/63-43e02c3e-76b9-4186-91b7-62d239e42af8ST. LOUIS — Nearly $40,000 has been raised on GoFundMe for an Amazon delivery driver who may never walk again.
Jaylen Walker is an Amazon delivery driver who was shot in the spine after a fight in a parking lot.
That day Walker learned his life would never be the same.
"I'll be paralyzed for the rest of my life. There were so many things [going through my head]," Walker said.
That's where Adam Pickett came in. The architect for the Benton Design Group said while he can't help Jaylen regain function, what he can do is make navigating his new life a little easier.
"You know a simple thing from changing a door knob to a door lever can be much easier for someone that doesn't have the same mobility that you and I have," Pickett said.
