Mr. Rogers:  It 's a very fancy machine .
Jeff Erlanger: Thanks .
Mr. Rogers: But you 're the one that makes it go .
Jeff Erlanger: Right .
Mr. Rogers: Did it take a long time to learn how ?
Jeff Erlanger: No , not really . I had the wheelchair , and that only took ... My first electric wheelchair only took me about a day to learn how to use it .
Mr. Rogers: Gee , that 's wonderful . Jeff , your mom and dad must be really proud of you .
Jeff Erlanger: I 'm sure they are .
Mr. Rogers: Yeah . Well , I know I am . Now , uh ... can you tell my friends what it is that made you need this wheelchair ?
Jeff Erlanger: Sure . Well , when I was about seven months old , I had , um ... I had a ... tumor . And it broke the nerves to tell my hands and legs what to do .
Mr. Rogers: I see .
Jeff Erlanger: And ... they ... tried to ... cut the tumor , but they ... did n't ... could n't get it , and ... I ... became handicapped . And ... I got a wheelchair when I was four years old .
Mr. Rogers: That was your first one .
Jeff Erlanger: Mm - hmm .
Mr. Rogers: When you were _ four _ .
Jeff Erlanger: Uh - huh .
Mr. Rogers: Do you remember that ?
Jeff Erlanger: Yeah , sort of .