Wounded vet chooses to laugh

Wounded vet chooses to laugh
By Travis Hill | More by this reporter | Record Sports Columnist | Posted: Friday, July 4, 2008 ; Updated: 12:50 AM on Friday, July 4, 2008
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Dan Nevins elected to have his own right leg amputated in January. And that's not the most amazing thing about him.

Nevins is a golf addict, shooting in the mid-80s. That's not it, either.

Nevins is an Iraq war veteran. He lost his left leg when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up his Humvee on Nov. 10, 2004. Nope.


What makes Dan Nevins so incredible is his laugh. It's pretty plain, as laughs go. A little goofy, but nothing out of the ordinary. Except that they happen a lot. And they are genuine.

A wounded warrior

A wounded warrior

The Wounded Warrior Project helped him get back on his feet.

But then, one day in 2005, a Wounded Warrior Project representative visited him in his hospital room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to invite him on a ski trip. Nevins agreed, even though he thought it was "crazy."