ABC “Extreme Makeover” Marine: Ski Patrol Hero
March 23rd, 2008
ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition Builds Disabled Marine House Fit for a Hero
By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
Like so many Marines, Staff Sgt. Daniel Gilyeat re-upped after a first Iraq tour ended in 2004. Caught in an emotional crossfire, he was fighting to save a crumbling marriage, but also felt he could “make a difference” fighting alongside his Marines.
It’s a tug-of-war that makes it tough for many warriors to leave the battlefield for home, even if they have to be carried off, like Gilyeat, who now ranks among almost 30,000 soldiers injured in a five-year war that has claimed the lives of almost 4,000 U.S. soldiers.
Disabled War Vets Will Learn to Ski at A March 30 Clinic in Snowmass, Colo.
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