Last year, one of our Army friends informed us of a recent training accident. Christopher Natto, a Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, was performing a free-fall parachute training exercise. His chute deployed, but he landed in a grove of trees with branches not strong enough to bear his weight. Chris fell approximately 40 feet to […]
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TrackChair Means Freedom for Gulf War Vet
Categories: Customized Wheelchairs, Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, Highlights, Support Our Troops
We want to take an opportunity to tell you about a great man, who, although strained by physical impairments, has not let his suffering stop him and instead strives to inspire others facing the same kind of challenges. Sergeant Rick Bell joined the Army years ago and was recruited to go on missions with […]
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Marine Amputee Receives All-terrain Trackchair
Categories: Customized Wheelchairs, Highlights, Support Our Troops
Twenty-year-old Marine Corporal Carlos was serving his first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. His responsibility as a combat engineer was to lead a 12-man patrol while sweeping the ground for explosives. Three months into his deployment, one of these explosives discharged, taking both of Carlos’s legs. In and out of consciousness, it took a while […]
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