A long rehab begins
The Boston Globe / Boston.com
physical therapy
Five more times, Tate shows Rakan as he works out on a blue-padded physical therapy table at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center. Rakan's muscles had atrophied from disuse after he was shot, and he was unable to walk when he arrived in the US. He was an eager patient. When Tate asked if he wanted a rest, he replied "PT, PT, PT."
(Globe Staff Photo / Michele McDonald)