forgive and push forward in life and to continue to fight and eventually to serve. we thank you for your service. and how did you go from those moments and waking up one day, you know what i will do an iron man. how did you get to that point. my grandma thought i was crazy. and i agreed with here in the run. but in the end. it was not until i finished the 13.1miles, my wife and seeing the misery on my face you know scotty, you are not doing it for yourself but all of the others that served and can t be here and wish they were. i wanted to motivate and inspoir others and i publicly speak now.
motivate me. and fighting and drinking water and stay alive. and not quitting. and scotty how did you train and talk to us about some of the challenges that came with not being able to see the entire 16 hours. it is hard and not just 16 hours. it is the training to get to that position. andy would pick me up and pack our tannedum and poddal and she sheers and breaks and on runs. a tubing and left and right and move one in front. i can t do it without a partner and time work and motivation that he is able to give me that and do that with a triath lone. and it is time work and working together to give me an ability.
to pray and i don t believe in god. my wife went back to her room and got on her 457hands and kne and prayed that my faith would be there. it wasn t until the next day i had a change of heart and asked god forgive me and understand i had to move on and try to make it something bigger and better. how did you convince the army to allow you to still be active duty? this is an amazes story because you re the only one, scotty. it was difficult. just having friends by my side and understanding that i still had a job to do and pushing forward really allowed me 20 make th to make that decision and having friends on my side, lieutenant antwerp and knowing the system allowed me to move forward. there are other officers that are blind and serving active
well, there are so many amazing stories within the ranks of our military, but none quite like army captain scotty smiley, a decorated army range ex-, a family man and a thrill seeker. check out scotty sky diving and now catching waves in hawaii, and climbing mount ran near. a pretty amazing man, isn t he? captain scott smiley is blind. the army s first active blind duty officers ever and he s living life to the fullest. a car poem in mosul, iraq, almost killed him. it landed him in the hospital and cost him his sight. he writes about it in his book. i hope you ll take a chance to read it. captain smiley joining us from baltimore. scotty, you would think that going blind would slow people
musician and as i told my story to the west point community, letting them know we all go through trying times and moving forward and moving on and accepting them. i hope the book continues to do well and that i can be an example, much like many other people. the book is hope unseen. captain scotty smiley, thank you for making the time for us. oh, thank you so much. have a great day. same to you. let s talk about medical news. going on to the daily dose for the day. a new study ace hpv is linked to oral cancers, more tobacco. some forms of hpv cause cervical cancer in women and teens should pay close attention to this new warning since many of them are under the impression oral sex isn t anything to worry about.