Eric Stevens has spent his adult life fighting fires and winning games, but now, he's in a fight against a disease that offers more questions than answers--with no clear path to victory.
In college, Stevens was senior captain of the football team at the University of California at Berkeley. He went on to play in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams, and in 2015, he started his second career: fighting fires with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
"You're helping people, and you're able to give back," Steven says.
Now, however, Stevens is in the biggest battle of his young life--fighting the rare disease known as ALS. "You don't want to believe it," Steven says, working hard to keep his emotions in check.
It is not known what causes ALS, and there is no cure for the disease, which attacks the nervous system, weakens the muscles and causes slurred speech.