He is 14 years old, measures 2 meters and wears 59: his family asks for help to buy shoes

With little 14 years, Eric Kilburn is over 2 meters tall High. And beyond the difficulties that this represents, her family asks for help to find her gym shoes which adapt to their exceptional measure, since European size 59 (23 from the US) is too small for him.

Is that the teenager who lives in Ortonville, Michigan, USAbegan to feel pain calluses, blisters and ingrown toenails with its current footwear, which ultimately led to the permanent nail removal on his two largest fingers.

They also reveal it sprained ankle this fall while playing on the junior varsity soccer team, which could have been avoided by wearing proper athletic shoes.

“It would mean everything to me just to have shoes that fit me,” Eric sums up, with some resignation.

Help for the 2m youngster with shoe size 59

Rebecca, 36 and mother of Ericasked for help finding shoes that fit his feet, since the average shoe size for American men is a 41.

“At 14, he’s still growing. Most kids that big and tall at this age have a endocrine disorder and he is not. He has no health problems with exponential growth” said Rebecca Kilburn HometownLife.

According to her account, the Goodrich High School freshman was forced to wear sneakers Crocs type for two yearseven in winter, because there were no other options available to him.

mother’s frustration

Besides the expensive $1,500 custom orthopedic shoes which soon became too small for him and closed with Velcro, which ended up embarrassing even the child.

“It’s frustrating like your mom and not being able to find shoes, which is such a basic need. I can’t find shoes for my teenage son. What can I do when his feet grow?” Asks the mother and the world media spreads.

As published by the media House Two Lifea rep from the pipe brand told Rebecca the only way the company can make shoes for her son is if he becomes a professional athlete.

Eric dreams of playing in the NFL, but Rebecca encounters a paradox: how could that be possible when she can’t have basketball or soccer shoes in high school.

the mother speculates that the Nike shoes her son is wearing today were shoes made for Tacko Fall, originally from Senegal who previously played professional basketball in the NBA for the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Another shocking fact: Eric is 14 years old already it even surpassed the number of shoes worn by former basketball player Shaquille O’Nealthe largest ever used by a professional athlete (58 from Europe and 24 from the USA)

Solution for Eric’s slippers?

History it went viral across the United States and beyond, so his preaching reached the ears of the German brand Puma and the American Under Armor, which is committed to to design shoes especially for boys.

In this sense, the two companies confirm that they will be The greatest couple they ever created. And to join the movement, the company Cat shoes intends to send him some boots, the press spreads.

An Italian company also called mauri offered to do Eric elegant shoes for high school and more formal occasions.