Sarah Ford | April 21, 2012

‘A Chance To Start Over’: Wounded Vets Ride Again

As part of the sixth annual four-day Soldier Ride organized by the Wounded Warrior Project, a group of military veterans has been riding bikes this week around Washington, D.C. and in cities across the country. Many of the bikes have been reconfigured so that soldiers who lost limbs and suffered wounds in war could feel the power in their grace and the wind in their faces.

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