Tom Udall is a Democratic congressman running for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Army Sgt. Erik Schei was 21 when he was shot in Iraq in October 2005. The bullet pierced his helmet and both frontal lobes of his brain. After three years of therapy, he can speak one or two words at a time. He can read. His family believes he will walk with a walker next year. He made this message with the brain-controlled speech synthesizer attached to his electric wheelchair.
