For Brian Wallach, the symptoms began with a tremor in his left hand – an unexpected development for a man of only 36. By that age he already was a veteran of the Obama White House, a Georgetown Law graduate and a former track athlete at Yale, where he got his undergraduate degree.
Within a few months, doctors confirmed the cause of that tremor, giving Wallach a devastating diagnosis: ALS, a neurodegenerative disorder without cure.
He had just become a father for the second time with his wife Sandra Abrevaya, but his medical team told him he would not live to see another year.
That was 2017 and today Wallach has lived longer and accomplished far more than just about anyone could have predicted. His story, and how he, his wife, and their allies managed to dramatically increase funding for ALS research, is told in the documentary No Ordinary Campaign, directed by Chris Burke and executive produced by Katie Couric.
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