United States Marine Corps Captain Andrew Hairston of Wounded Warrior Battalion-East shares his trauma survivor's story. In 2021, Hairston suffered a traumatic injury, losing part of his left leg. On May 18, 2022, Hairston participated in a one-mile walk held at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune in honor of Trauma Survivors. The day coincidentally also marked the one one-year anniversary of Hairston's first steps on his prosthetic leg at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Hairston is now a paracyclist who will be representing his home, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Marine Corps in August's Warrior Games. He hopes to eventually qualify for a future spot at the Paralympic Games. Hairston wishes his story will inspire other trauma patients to never give up on their recovery.
| Date Taken: | 05.18.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 05.23.2022 12:51 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 844434 |
| VIRIN: | 220523-N-FE818-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_109009664 |
| Length: | 00:02:16 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Downloads: | 7 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 7 |
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