Meet Baton Rouge’s ‘pit boss’ who has repaired wheelchairs for athletes for over 40 years

Lynn Serio has been fixing wheelchairs for over 40 years — and he doesn’t plan to stop.

After Serio graduated from high school in 1981, he went to LSU for a year and a half.

“It wasn’t my boat,” Serio said.

Instead, he went to work for his uncle, who opened a durable equipment store, Aids to Living, on Florida Boulevard. There, he worked in the wheelchair industry “turning wrenches.”…

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