It’s not something you’d expect when you learn that medically retired Raleigh police officer A.J. Luedtke took a literal leap of faith out of a plane. But it happened, the latest chapter in the life of a man whose story we’ve reported before on ABC11.

He uses a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis: “MS took my freedom away.”

We’ve shown you his past challenges, including the time when a hit-and run-driver damaged his wheelchair accessible van.

Retired Raleigh police officer battling MS