James Berry III is in the fight of his life

SOME MORNINGS, PERHAPS EVEN ON A morning like this one, James Berry III will lie on his mother's couch at 4 a.m., unable to sleep. The only light in the living room will be the flicker of the television. The thoughts inside his head will collide and carom off of one another until he cannot sit any longer.

By Kevin Van Valkenburg and Lem Satterfield

June 17, 2007