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Professional storm chaser from Okeechobee County to receive life-saving procedure thanks to wife

Por: WPTV Nation September 09, 2023

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OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — A third chance at life. That's what professional storm chaser and WPTV weather spotter Jeff Gammons is calling his second transplant surgery.Gammons has been chasing storms for a living for nearly 30 years.Storm chasing is almost therapeutic to me, he said.However, that was nearly stripped away from his when his kidney started to fail in 2005. You're tethered to a machine every other day, so it's hard... + full article



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