Most parents would go to the end of the earth for their children. Quebecer Kevin James Reason is willing to jump out of a plane for his son Liam, and it’s all to raise money for mitochondrial disease.

The father of four says, “Taking Liam to the hospital makes me more nervous than jumping out of a plane.”

He continued, “I believe awareness is key to finding a cure for mitochondrial disease. So one of those nights where I wasn’t sleeping, jumping out of a plane popped in my head, and here we are today.”

When Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, from Vortige, Canada’s largest skydiving centre located in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, North East of Montreal, learnt of what Reason wanted to do, he offered him a complimentary jump.

Reason says, “Back in 2019, when Liam was diagnosed, I was really alone and w

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