Thursday, March 28, 2024

DISABLED WAR HERO GETS A NEW HOME

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Former United States Marine Eddie Wright, 34, right, proposing to girlfriend Cody Fife during a ceremony yesterday in which Wright was presented with a new home in Conroe, Texas through the Helping A Hero programme. Wright is medically retired from the Marines after losing his hands and forearms during a firefight in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Since its inception four years ago, Houston-based Helping A Hero has completed 19 homes that are fully adapted to the needs of soldiers severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP)

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