Truck Driver Racks Up 1 Million Miles Since Lung Transplant

	Gerald Taylor
	Gerald Taylor drives a 6,000-mile route in making deliveries for B&A Hyder Trucking Co., a family-owned operation that has a history of hiring truckers with “employability” problems.

It’s not remarkable that Gerald Taylor drives a big rig, hauling truckloads of office furniture from North Carolina to the West Coast and bringing back produce.

What makes him remarkable is that in November, the 60-year-old will have driven his 1 millionth mile since receiving a lung transplant.

Taylor’s love of the open road and an unusual commitment from a trucking company have kept him going. Nearly six years and more than 900,000 miles later, he’s still behind the wheel.

In 1993, Taylor’s doctor told him he would have to choose between life on a respirator and receiving a lung transplant, which was then an experimental procedure.

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