A BOOMING BUSINESS: Through personal tragedy, Curtis Elkins has built one of Louisiana’s most successful fireworks production companies. (Submitted photo)

by Tony Taglavore, Journal Services

“I was in a wheelchair for three months. I had to learn to walk again.”

Not surprising to hear, coming from someone who sets off fireworks for a living. What is surprising is that his trauma had nothing to do with his work.

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