ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER IMS >>VIC MICOLUCCI: FOR 30 YEARS. JIMMY JUDGE HAS COMMITTED HIS
LIFE TO HIS FAMILY AND
THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE NOW HAS AN ASSISTANT
CHIEF WITH JSO
HE’S IN ONE OF THE GREATEST
FIGHT OF HIS LIFE HE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH A LESS ALSO
KNOWN AS LOU
GEHRIG’S DISEASE. IT’S A
PROGRESSIVE ILLNESS THAT
ATTACKS NERVE CELLS THAT
CONTROL MUSCLES THROUGHOUT THE
BODY IT REALLY IS TERRIBLE.
JUDGE SAYS HE WILL FIGHT TO
LIVE UNTIL HIS VERY LAST
BREATH.
>> PLAY NEVER GIVE UP.
25.
MAKE IT LOOK EASY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: HE IS SUCH AN INSPIRATION AREAS STILL STRONG AND SOON AN EVENT
WILL BE COMING UP TO HELP
SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT JOURNEY.
HE JOINS US THIS MORNING ALONG
WITH LARRY DEAL WITH JSO
LONGTIME FRIEND OF HIS TO TALK
ABOUT THE STORY AND THE BENEFIT
YOU CAN TAKE PART IN GOOD
MORNING TO YOU. BOTH OF YOU
GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING
IN. JIMMY I WANT TO TELL YOU
THIS COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT YOU.
WE ALL SUPPORT YOU AND WE ARE
WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
>> THANK MEANS A LOT TO AND
THINK CHANNEL 4 RIGHT YOU GOT
THE WRONG. QUITE A BIT OF
WARNING IS YEAH IS
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: LARRY TELL US AS A FRIEND YOU HAVE KNOWN THIS MAN
TO BE AN AMAZING LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AMAZING
FATHER AND HUSBAND.
I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY BECAUSE
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
I MET WITH JSO SO KIND SO
CARING YET ALSO A PROTECTOR OF
OUR COMMUNITY. AND HE HAS
NOT STOPPED. THIS IS A TERRIBLE
DISEASE, BUT HE IS STILL GOING
STRONG.
I AGREE THAT YOU KNOW, I’VE
KNOWN JAMIE FOR 40 YEARS.
WITHOUT THE RISK DATING
YOURSELF, BUT YOU HE’S
VERY TENACIOUS WE’VE BEEN
FRIENDS FOR LITERALLY 40 YEARS.
SO I CAN TELL
YOU THAT YOU KNOW HE’S HE’S
ALWAYS WITH ME ACTUALLY
INSPIRED ME TO COME ON THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHEN HE
FOUND OUT LAST MAY I WAS
ACTUALLY THERE AT THE
APPOINTMENT THAT HE HAD THE
FIRST DIAGNOSIS AND WE HAVE
SOME FOLLOW-UP. THE POINT IS
THAT CONFIRMED
IT BUT KNOWING THAT WHOLE TIME
AND KNOW THAT TENACITY THAT HE
THERE’S NO DOUBT HE’S BEEN A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR PEOPLE WITH A LESSON THAT’S AT LEAST
OUR HOPE YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE
WHEN AND WHERE MISTER JIMMY.
SO.
>> JIMMY YOU HAVE SHOWED
US THROUGH YOUR WEIGHT LIFTING
THROUGH YOU CONTINUING TO BE ON
THE JOB. YOU ARE NOT GIVING UP AND YOU HOPE TO INSPIRE OTHER FAMILIES ALSO GOING THROUGH
THIS RIGHT.
AND I KNEW I KNEW IT I NOW WHEN HE USED TO ME MAN, I’M VERY I’M VERY
GRATEFUL. IN MEANS RANDOM AND
SO MANY IN
THE MORNING. I’M A MEMBER OF
THE SHERIFF ON THE NAME AND SO
GOOD
TO ME. I’M I’M AND THIS POINT
VERY VERY GREAT HOME.
>> AND AS BEING SOMEONE.
NOW RAISING AWARENESS FOR A LSU
CAN TALK ABOUT.
THE HORRIFIC ASPECTS OF THIS
DISEASE. YOUR SPEECH IS NOT THE
WAY IT USED
TO BE YOUR ABILITY TO WALK YOUR
ABILITY TO GO THROUGH YOUR
DAILY LIFE IS DETERIORATING.
AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED MORE
RESEARCH WE NEED MORE MEDICAL
SUPPORT AND WE NEED MORE
JUST AWARENESS OF WHAT HAPPENS
WITH
LOU GEHRIG’S.
>> WE DEFINITELY WE WE NEED A
LOT MORE WHERE
IT ISN’T.
>> AND THEN CHANNEL 4 THE MAIN
YOU GOT IN ISN’T THE FIRST TIME
AS AND. INJURES DRUG AND
ALIEN, BUT
LIKE I SAID I’M I’M GRATEFUL TO
ABLE TO DO THIS AND AND
HOPEFULLY BRING BRING AWARENESS
AND KNEW THEM WHEN THIS ALL
ON THE.
ON THE. >>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT LARRY, WE KNOW HOW HUMBLE JIMMY
IS HE TRULY DOES NOT WANT TO
TALK ABOUT HIMSELF. HE DOESN’T
WANT TO ASK FOR HELP BUT YOU
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF JSO AND
TRULY JUST MANY OF HIS FRIENDS
SAID HEY WE WANT TO HELP OUT
THIS FAMILY THEY’RE NOT ASKING
FOR ANYTHING, BUT WE STILL WANT
TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME. AND YOU PUT
TOGETHER WHAT LOOKS TO BE AN
AMAZING EVENT.
YES, SO.
>> HEY JIM IS VERY PROUD AND
OBVIOUSLY HE HE WOULDN’T ASK
ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING BUT WHEN
HE’S SURROUNDED BY FAMILY
FRIENDS. WE WANT HIM TO KNOW
AND OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
THIS
IS NOT JUST YOUR FIGHT ALONE SO
WE PUT TOGETHER AN EVENT AT
RIVER CITY BREWING COMING OFF
THE OWNER. WE’VE GOT A 5 ONE C
3 WE’VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH
AND A GROUP OF US ARE OR CREATE
AN EVENT THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY
28TH FROM 04:00PM TO 08:00PM IS
BASICALLY CELEBRATE JIMMY AND
FUNDS FOR HIS TREATMENT
AND TRAVEL. INSURANCE AND
CLINICAL TRIALS TAKE CARE OF
SOME THINGS BUT NOT EVERYTHING.
SO SOME OF THE COST YOU KNOW,
YES, A LOT OF ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA REGULARLY TO GET STEM
CELL TREATMENTS AND THE HOTEL
STAYS AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND
OTHER SUPPLEMENTS AND OTHER
TROOPERS OUTSIDE WAS APPROVED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE
KNOWS HE’S NOT IN THIS FIGHT
ALONE AND HE’S SURROUNDED BY
FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT AND
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
THAT’S A
BIG VENUE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN
COME CAN CELEBRATE EVEN IF YOU
DON’T KNOW JIMMY.
HE’S GOING TO WELCOME YOU WITH
OPEN ARMS THAT’S JUST THE MAN
HE IS.
THERE GAYLE. THANK YOU FOR
COMING ON. THANK YOU FOR BEING
A CONSTANT FRIEND.
JIMMY JUDGE WE APPRECIATE YOU
YOU’VE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR
COMMUNITY YOU’VE BEEN SO GREAT
TO ME PERSONALLY AND LISTEN,
WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK
OR AS POLICE WOULD SAY WE’VE
GOT YOUR 6, 100%.
STAY STRONG KEEP INSPIRING AND
WE’LL SEE ON FEBRUARY 28TH,
THEN THEY.
>> LOVE YOU BIG MUCH LOVE.