I'm Thankful For Americans Who Serve, Both In And Out Of The Military
By Sen. Tammy Duckworth
11/21/2018 12:19 PM ET
Fourteen years ago this month, I spent Thanksgiving at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
A rocket-propelled grenade had torn through the cockpit of my Black Hawk helicopter two weeks prior, costing me both my legs, partial use of my right arm and nearly my life, too. I’d only survived thanks to the unbelievable heroism of my crew, so from the moment I woke up in the hospital, my conception of gratitude was forever changed.
I was grateful to breathe. To cry. To have my husband by my side and my life still ahead of me. I spent that Thanksgiving in more pain than I thought possible ― but I was also more thankful than I’d ever been.
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