In the fall of 2004, indie filmmaker Patrick O'Brien noticed an involuntary shaking in his legs. It wasn't until May 2005 that the cause of the shaking was officially diagnosed as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease).

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The former Sayreville resident, confined to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with the incurable ailment in May 2005, has turned his fate into the inspiration for what he dubbed his "life's work": a documentary film detailing his struggles with the "ugly, spirit-punishing, insid …

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The two friends rode side by side, mimicking a motorcycle scene in "Easy Rider." Except Patrick O'Brien, 31, and his friend, Mal Torrance, were cruising the streets of Asbury Park in motorized wheelchairs, an American flag flying from the back of O'Brien's chair.

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