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Last week, I had the privilege of hearing AW2 Veteran Joe Bowser address approximately 200 new hires at the Defense Contract Management Agency. The group had heard from a wide range of speakers on topics like acquisitions regulations and DOD policies.
When Joe Bowser walked in, the crowd offered a long standing ovation. Joe told his story, focusing on April 12, 2004, the day he was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion while having dinner with his unit.
“I went from screaming for help to wondering how am I going to get back to my unit,” said Joe. “How would I tell my kids I got hurt?”
Within a few days, Joe had been routed out of Iraq, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and ultimately to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he received most of his treatment. On April 23, eleven days after his injury, Joe’s doctors gave him a choice.
“They said we could salvage the leg, but I’d have pain and walk with a brace for the rest of my life. Shrapnel had gone through my foot and shattered the bone,” Joe explained. “Or I could have it amputated and do everything I used to do before. I wanted to play hockey again, so I told him to take it off.”
These days, Joe plays hockey every chance he gets, and you can watch a recent news story about Joe below. He even told the crowd he was planning to play that evening. In 2008, he played on the U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team and won a silver medal at the Standing Amputee Hockey World Championships. Now, he’s training for the 2010 championships at the end of April.
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Posted Friday, March 12th 2010 at 3:30AM
by: Elynor Moss
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