He started playing piano at age three, started lessons at age four and
studied piano for 17 years. He lost both hands and part of his arms in
an electrical accident in 1987.
Both he and his daughter have been in shows on MTV. He appeared with his daughter in an episode she did of Made and he was in Awkward.
John is the first double hand amputee to be trained and certified as a private pilot in the United States and the first double hand amputee to become a certified PADI scuba diving instructor.
