FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — There is no wheelchair in Rich Bedell's dreams.
He can walk wherever he needs to go. Just as he used to.
It has been just over 22 years since Bedell left his upstairs bedroom in his parents' home on Long Island and headed to the hospital to have the tumor strangling his spinal cord removed. He has never been back up those steps since.
"I don't want your pity," said Bedell, the New York Jets' manager of football operations. "Don't feel sorry for me. Don't think I'm sick. I'm not sick. I'm as healthy as anybody else.