For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS at 37. He and his wife’s fight to reclaim their future from a brutal disease has  | dG1fZTI5aUN3ampIXzg

Transcript

00:00I remember someone told me you have to meet this guy. He's going to change the world.

00:06And he did.

00:08I met Brian on the 2008 campaign for Obama.

00:12Sandra, what do you look for in a guy?

00:14He's got it all, baby.

00:18We found out Brian had ALS the day we came home from the hospital with our second daughter.

00:23I'd gone to a neurologist for what I thought was a standard checkup.

00:28The doctor said on average people live six months after they're diagnosed.

00:34Every doctor we saw said the same thing.

00:36I'm sorry, but we can't help you.

00:39The system is broken for this disease.

00:41When you're told that the world you believed you were going to live in is no longer there,

00:46you have to either choose to curl up into a ball or act.

00:51So I turned to Sandra and said, I think I want to start an ALS non-profit.

00:55And her response was, no.

00:59And he ignored me like he always does.

01:02If you want to defeat ALS, you need everyone working together.

01:06They took this extraordinary challenge and said, we're going to go out and make things happen.

01:12If we're able to untangle ALS, we might be able to help others.

01:16I am in awe of Brian Wallach.

01:19He wants to give back and take care of the next person that gets diagnosed.

01:26I've never experienced a movement like this.

01:30It's changing history in front of our eyes.

01:35Brian's ALS has accelerated a lot.

01:37We feel like we're running out of time.

01:40Hey Brian, we're going to do this.

01:43Hey Brian, we're going to do this.

01:46There's always been a way.

01:51This guy sure worked.

01:55I don't think there's any test of the human spirit more telling than someone saying,

01:58you don't have a long time to live, and responding in this way.

02:01I am ALS! I am ALS!

02:14I'm exhausted, but this is why I want to be good.

02:20I can't keep up.

02:21You're back to yourself.