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Ski Lift (Revisited)
Revisiting an inspiring story of courage and perseverance
that first aired on REAL SPORTS in February 2005, correspondent Mary Carillo updates
this remarkable tale of injured soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. As a
young infantryman in Vietnam, Kirk Bauer lost a leg in an explosion. He found himself
lying in a veterans' hospital pondering a hopeless future when fellow veterans who were
also amputees encouraged him to try snow skiing. That first confidence-inspiring
experience on skis changed his life. Today, Bauer is executive director of Disabled
Sports U.S.A., a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of disabled
veterans by offering them the same motivating experience that got him out of his own
hospital bed 37 years ago. The ski program has now expanded to New York, where New
York City firefighters have been enlisted to help the soldiers learn how to water ski and
participate in similar activities.
Learn more about the organizations featured in this segment, and how to donate:
Wounded Warrior Project
Disabled Sports USA
| Correspondent: Mary Carillo |
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| Producer: Chapman Downes and Lisa Bennett |
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