'You can do anything you want to do': Double amputee becomes Fort Worth police officer
In 2007, Zach Briseno lost his legs when an IED detonated under his Humvee in Fallujah, Iraq. Last week he graduated to become a Fort Worth police officer.
Credit: Fort Worth PD
Author: Elizabeth Wiley
Updated: 7:23 AM MST December 13, 2020
Zach Briseno had always planned to serve his community as a police officer after his time in the military was done.
On Dec. 11, the double amputee was part of the Class 148 of graduating officers in Fort Worth.
Briseno, 35, who was born and raised in Fort Worth, enlisted in the Marine Corps right after high school.