Published May 03, 2012, 02:37 PM
Nation's tallest man travels from Minnesota home to Massachusetts for custom shoes
The tallest man in the United States traveled from Minneapolis to Massachusetts on Thursday for a custom shoe-fitting with Reebok that he hopes will help him live a normal life. Igor Vovkovinskiy says he's had 16 surgeries in six years to fix problems created by shoes that didn't fit. He's 7 feet, 8 and one-third inches tall with a shoe size somewhere between a 22 and 26.By: Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press
