Heroes having a blast on Vail Mountain slopes
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- Created on Friday, 04 March 2011 15:46
- Written by Nathan
Photo by Dominique Taylor, Vail Daily
By RANDY WYRICK, VAILY DAILY
VAIL — They don't struggle, they adapt and overcome.
More than two dozen wounded Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans are in town for the Vail Veterans Program.
They're easy to spot; they're aglow and terminally alive, because they almost weren't.
They have all sorts of things in common. For example, most of this week's crew were hit in the last year. Also, they have a healthy sense of irony. Most smiled as they filled out a bunch of “what-happens-if-I-get-hurt” forms. These people have been blown to hell and are fighting their way back.
“While it looks like just a nice ski vacation, it's much more,” said Harvey Naranjo, an occupational therapist with Walter Reed Army Medical Center. “It gives them a pretty clear picture about how they'll have to adapt for the rest of their lives.”
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