Government Cuts Wounded Alaska Soldier's Aid [View All]

[Blue_In_AK]

A long, but sobering article in this morning's paper.


By GEORGE BRYSON
Anchorage Daily News

Published: June 3, 2007
Last Modified: June 3, 2007 at 05:29 AM

Sometimes from a distance, it's hard to tell that 26-year-old Tyler Hall of Wasilla is disabled. On a good day, when his prosthetic leg isn't causing him any pain, he walks as well as anyone. So well, in fact, that his mom, Kim Hall of Wasilla, tells the story of how her son was recently challenged by a stranger who saw him park his truck in a handicapped spot in front of a local grocery store.

"Are we feeling a little disabled today?" the man asked sarcastically as Hall walked toward the store without a hitch.

"Yeah," the ex-soldier answered, meeting the man's gaze while pulling up the cuff of his ankle-length pants to reveal the shiny metal pole of his artificial leg. "As a matter of fact, I am."

That might have been putting it mildly. In truth, Hall is about as beaten up as a war vet can be. Which used to really amaze him, considering the 11th-hour surprise of it all.

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