HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - For Patricia David, seeing her 12-year-old son with cerebral palsy struggle to get around never gets easier.
However, thanks to three local motorcycle clubs, her son was able to forget his ailments for a brief period of time and enjoy life like a typical 6th-grader.
Ever since David's son, J.P., saw the movie "Ghost Rider" with Nicholas Cage, he has fallen in love with motorcycles.
"He just thought it was so cool," David said. "But he realizes he'd never be able to actually ride one himself because of his conditions."
J.P., who is also autistic, wears braces on his legs to help him move around.
One day, while driving by a convenience store in Huntington, David noticed a biker and his wife sitting outside the store. David introduced herself to the couple and explained her son's condition.
She asked the man if he had ever done a small showing for children. The man, who happened to be Dwayne "Woody" Woods, president of the motorcycle club Kenova NintyThree Riders, informed her he had and that he would like to put something together for her son. He told David to meet him at the Veteran's Hospital on a recent Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
To surprise her son, David told him they were running errands and needed to make a stop at the Veteran's Hospital. When they arrived, around two dozen motorcycles were lined up on both sides of the parking lot.
"As we walked toward them, I just saw a huge smile on his J.P.'s face," David said. "And everyone there started reeving their engines for him. It was great."
Aside from the Kenova NintyThree Riders, Bikers for Christ and the BlueKnights were also there to show J.P. support.
J.P. rode on the back of a motorcycle for an hour-long ride around town with the three motorcycle clubs.
David said the experience was priceless and something she and her son will never forget.
"For complete strangers to do something like this, I was speechless," David said. "They turned it into such a big event for him. It was his day. I didn't know they were going to do that all of that. With him having cerebral palsy, it's really hard for him to get around. But for an hour, he was free of his disabilities."