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the 6/18 Engineer , Support Company

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Combat airborne . And the U . S . Army

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parachute team . The Golden Knights

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have given corporal adam Keyes the

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chance to do something he loves to do

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and that is to exit an aircraft while

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in flight An IED attack on his convoy .

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During July of 2010 left . Corporal

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Keyes , severely wounded doctors

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amputated both of keys legs and his

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left arm to save his life . In the past

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two years while recovering at walter

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reed National Military Medical Center

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in Washington , D . C . corporal keyes

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endured over 120 surgeries , but this

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determined paratrooper wasn't going to

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let that stop him from jumping one last

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time . Exactly . 618 days after

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sustaining his injuries . Corporal

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Keyes dream of jumping became a reality .

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He made a tandem jump in Lawrenceburg

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north Carolina with the Golden Knights .

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He's just all around man's man ,

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nasty parasites . Corporal keyes met

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with the Golden Knights on 22 March to

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perform his 10th and final jump in the

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airborne . He was fitted for his

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harness and briefed on what to expect .

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Corporal Keys and the Knights also

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invited his mother , his company

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commander and keys . His friend Cody

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cruise to jump , definitely a great

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last jump was awesome . The adrenaline

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rush you have . It's just amazing as

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for why Keys wanted to have one last

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jump . I didn't want to stop at nine .

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I wanted to get the 10th one right when

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I got back . Of course I got delayed a

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little bit . But I got today And that

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was awesome Reporting for the 49th

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public affairs attachment . Airborne .

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I'm army staff Sergeant Richard . Lower .

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Yeah . I wouldn't know .