After death, America's tallest man and Rochester's adopted son Igor Vovkovinskiy wants you to listen
Vovkovinskiy — who was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds as a 6-year-old, who endured dozens of surgeries as he grew to 7-foot-8, and whose only hope at a cure meant he had to be uprooted from his homeland — faced his share of struggles as he lived out his life in southeastern Minnesota.