Erik Sorto\u201441 years old in 2021 and a C3 quadriplegic\u2014grew up in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, and is a former gang member who wrote the remarkable book \u201cPayback: The Cost of Being a Gangster.\u201d In his conversation with Alan he notes, \u201cMy past is very dark, you know? And I wrote \u201cPayback\u201d so that children wouldn\u2019t follow my footsteps.\u201d His involvement in the experimental research project that implanted electrodes in his brain was another way of giving back, helping to advance procedures that one day might restore mobility to those paralyzed by injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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