31 Veterans Are Headed To The Paralympics With Team USA

Talk about bravery. Did these physically disabled vets let their situation keep them down? No! They took the bull by the horns and are doing something about it. It makes me so proud to see physically disabled veterans compete in sports and especially the Olympics.

Beginning Sept. 7, a team of athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro across 23 sports in the 15th Paralympic Games.

Many of these paralympians have persevered in the face of illness, injury, and stigma to make it to this year’s games. Perhaps none more so than the 31 military veterans who are part of the U.S. Paralympic Team. A number of them were made eligible through accidents or combat injuries, and have used exercise as a means of rehabilitation. But a greater passion for the sports they found has brought them to Rio for gold and glory on the world stage.