New Power For 'x-man' Comes From His Trike (with Video)

eschkloven@newsadvance.com(Emma Schkloven), The News & Advance
Sun, 04/19/2015 - 7:46pm

With his hands affixed to green gloves on the handlebars, his feet strapped to the pedals, and his head securely fastened in a brand-new, red-and-black Mohawk-styled helmet, seven-year-old Xavier “X-m

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