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Rochester man, tallest man in US, seeking shoes, normalcy

CANTON, Mass. (AP) -- The tallest man in the United States has traveled from Rochester to Massachusetts 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 inches tall and says his shoe size is somewhere between a 22 and 26.

He was at Reebok headquarters in Canton on Thursday for a complex shoe-fitting that involved, among other things, custom pressure-mounting equipment and a handful of technicians.

Vovkovinskiy says his only shoes have no traction, making it "suicidal" to leave his home.

Reebok says it's building the shoes because they want to help. The company says the project will cost between $12,000 and $20,000.

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