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"SEPTEMBER OF 2010 I WAS IN KUDUZ, AFGHANISTAN. I WAS ON A MISSION WITH TENTH MOUNTAIN. I
WAS TASKED WITH CLEARING A HILLTOP FOR LAND MINES. I WAS CLEARING IT WITH MY TEAMMATE
AND I WAS ON THE CORNER OF THE HILLTOP WHEN I STEPPED ON A LAND MINE. WHEN I KIND OF GOT
ORIENTED BACK TO WHERE I WAS I NOTICED THAT I WAS MISSING MY LEFT FOOT. WHEN I GOT TO
BETHESDA, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS MISSING MY HEEL ON MY RIGHT FOOT. THE DOCTORS GAVE ME
A 50/50 CHANCE OF WALKING PAIN FREE ON MY RIGHT FOOT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BONE
GRAFTS AND SKIN GRAFTS AND MUSCLE GRAFTS TO MAKE A HEEL FOR ME AND THEY SAID EVEN THEN
IT MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, HOLD UP, SO I OPTED TO HAVE MY RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED RIGHT AWAY,
THAT WAY MY RECOVERY TIME AND STUFF WAS A LOT FASTER. MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN TWELVE DAYS
BEFORE I GOT HURT SO MY WHOLE REASONING BEHIND GETTING BACK AND GET UP AND WALKING WAS TO
BEAT MY DAUGHTER TO WALKING, SO THAT WAS KIND OF BASING MY RECOVERY AND THAT'S WHY I PROGRESSED
A LOT FASTER THROUGH MY RECOVERY. I MEAN I HAVE TO SWITCH OUT TO MY RUNNING LEGS NOW
TO ACTUALLY KEEP UP WITH HER. I'M STILL THE SAME PERSON. I DO THE SAME STUFF I DID BEFORE
I GOT HURT AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE DOING THE SAME STUFF I DID BEFORE I GOT HURT. WARRIOR
GAMES IS BRINGING PEOPLE WITH THE SAME INJURIES, OR LIKE INJURIES, WITH YOU THAT CAN HELP YOU
WITH YOUR PROCESS OF RECOVERY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IT'S GIVEN ME A COMPETITIVE SPIRIT,
I GUESS, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK COMPETING AGAIN IN SPORTS. I MEAN JUST TRAINING CONSTANTLY
KEEPS YOU IN SHAPE AND WITH MY AMPUTATIONS AND MY DISABILITY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF MY LIFE TO HELP ME WITH MY DAY TO DAY ROUTINES."