Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130702:10:19:00
They named it rebirth. but today it has new meaning. profound and bittersweet. because the man whose simple act became the city's symbol of resilience is now in a fight of his own. from 2011 gleason was diagnosed with als, lou gehrig's disease. when we first meet him in february he has lost most of his physical abilities able to communicate only through a computer equipped with laser sighting technology. >> what did the diagnosis change for you, recalibrate your life? >> in 2011, i was losing the ability to run. i wasn't sure what i would do if i could no longer run. when it finally happened, ...