Brennan Henderson wants what any other typical 7-year-old athletic kid takes for granted.
"I like soccer and basketball," said Brennan, while admitting, "I want to do my sports again."
He usually competes in those sports in his high-tech custom-made power wheelchair, which he uses to play on a soccer team, to get around school, and even to pull a sled in snow.
But Brennan's wheelchair and his hydraulic ramp were destroyed when a driver rear-ended their truck in May. The truck hit right where the wheelchair is stored -- in the rear of the truck, while Brennan was being driven to soccer practice by his mother, Gloria.
The mangled wheelchair, which is now fused to the truck's bumper, will have to be sawed off, and Gloria said it hasn't happened yet because an insurance representative told her the Montana driver who hit her has policy covering $20,000 for property damages.
"The wheelchair alone is around $18,000, the ramp is $2,000 and the damage to the truck is still being figured. (The insurance claims representative) said, well, I don't know if it will cover that, because the limit is only $20,000.''
The driver's insurance company told Gloria they can't give her a rental wheelchair or a rental car to haul a wheelchair, and Gloria's insurance company said she may end up paying for a lot of the damages out of her own pocket.
Brennan, who has cerebral palsy, said he also lives to play wheelchair sports. Without a wheelchair, he's on the bench.
"He uses an electric chair to get around the school, otherwise he has to use a transportable chair and get pushed and he just lost his independence," Gloria said.
KIRO 7 reached out to both the driver's insurance company (USAA) and Gloria's (Geico) and didn't get an immediate response.
"Really, we're just trying to be made whole, which is get our truck fixed and get him into his wheelchair," she said.
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site has been set up for out of pocket repair expenses for Brennan's power chair.