INJURED IN IRAQ, THREE KENTUCKIANS COME HOME TO DIFFERENT LIVES AND DIFFICULT RECOVERIES

INJURED IN IRAQ, THREE KENTUCKIANS COME HOME TO DIFFERENT LIVES AND DIFFICULT RECOVERIES
By Jim Warren

Staff sergeant looking forward to life's next step with new legs
PADUCAH - Just after 10 on a frigid December morning, a slender young man slowly enters the offices at Purchase Area Physical Therapy, walking a little awkwardly, balancing himself with a cane in either hand.

You could mistake him for just another therapy patient -- until you notice how his trousers flop loosely around the slender metal rods where his lower legs used to be.

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