For 11 years, a tortoise born with metabolic bone disease struggled to walk.

New Braunfels – A New Braunfels Air Force veteran is asking for the community’s help with finding his custom-made wheelchair that fell off of his truck while he was on the highway. Five years after he lost his legs, he was given a specially made wheelchair from the organization Segs4Vets. “It is a unique chair,” Read said. “It is the closest thing to having legs again. The mindless going about your day with having legs, I found that in this wheelchair.”“It makes a big difference in every aspect of my life.