A beloved Florida teacher who grew up in Pembroke Pines is on the road to recovery after a lightning strike left him fighting for his life in Peru. But his family’s hopeful that their community (and perhaps, a global superstar) can help James Fernandez–husband, father and adventurer–get the best shot at regaining movement in his arms and legs.
Before Bryan Lieberman met Fernandez as a teenager in South Florida, he said he was told the essentials.
“You’re never going to believe it. I met this guy, he like, skateboards, his mom lets him keep snakes in his room, and he’s got this huge afro,” Lieberman says he was told. “And you’re going to love him.”…