Erie veteran heads up Texas-based Heroes on the Water program

For many veterans, coping with the horrors of combat is a lifelong battle in itself. Many return home only
to face a long and emotional war against the memories of fighting overseas.

Kody Wilson has taken his post-war life  down a productive avenue to help other combat veterans in the healing process. Wilson, a 2004 graduate of Erie High School, is the coordinator of the Brooke Army 

Medical Center chapter of Heroes on the Water (HOW), which is an extension of the Wounded Warriors program.

Wilson lost his left leg following a tour-ofduty in Iraq in an improvised explosive device  (IED) attack. He also sustained a fractured femur and heel in his right leg, a shattered left elbow and three fractures in his spine, along with a mild traumatic brain injury. He underwent rehab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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