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“If it was easy,” he says, “everyone would do it.”
Such is the philosophy of the singular Mike Trauner, a former Canadian soldier grievously wounded in Afghanistan, who’s about to compete for a spot in the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
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Trauner, 41, lost both lower legs to a buried bomb that was detonated as he passed over it during a foot patrol west of Kandahar on Dec. 5, 2008. He’s undergone 18 surgeries since then, battled through bouts of anger and depression, learned to walk on two prosthetic legs and competed in the 2017 Invictus Games.
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“If it was easy,” he says, “everyone would do it.”
Such is the philosophy of the singular Mike Trauner, a former Canadian soldier grievously wounded in Afghanistan, who’s about to compete for a spot in the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
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Trauner, 41, lost both lower legs to a buried bomb that was detonated as he passed over it during a foot patrol west of Kandahar on Dec. 5, 2008. He’s undergone 18 surgeries since then, battled through bouts of anger and depression, learned to walk on two prosthetic legs and competed in the 2017 Invictus Games.
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“If it was easy,” he says, “everyone would do it.”
Such is the philosophy of the singular Mike Trauner, a former Canadian soldier grievously wounded in Afghanistan, who’s about to compete for a spot in the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Wounded Afghan vet aims for Tokyo Paralympics Back to video
Trauner, 41, lost both lower legs to a buried bomb that was detonated as he passed over it during a foot patrol west of Kandahar on Dec. 5, 2008. He’s undergone 18 surgeries since then, battled through bouts of anger and depression, learned to walk on two prosthetic legs and competed in the 2017 Invictus Games.