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)
