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Paul Minor was home alone in February of last year. He knew what had to be done.
The bathroom scale was specially ordered. A standard one just wouldn’t do.
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Instead of a numerical reading of weight, a voice would announce the result. Minor cautiously stepped forward and life paused for an excruciating second.
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“I couldn’t believe that I had let myself get this out of control,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is horrible.’ I didn’t know what to do. I had made terrible decisions.”
He knew what such vocalized reality meant. His life was at stake.
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And, in the most inspirational of ways, the Las Vegas Raiders could play a part in saving it.