President Bush paid a visit to a physical therapy lab at the Center for the Intrepid Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX on Thursday. In the photo above he is seen speaking with Sgt. Kevin Downs, who lost both legs and suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 60% of his body during a bomb and rocket attack in Iraq in 2005.Sgt. Downs was riding in a Humvee when the vehicle was hit by rockets and mortar. Sgt. Downs was blown 60 feet in the air; 3 other soldiers in the vehicle were killed. President Bush has visited with Sgt Downs on 2 prior occasions.
From Sgt. Downs' web site, comes this quote from Sgt. Downs' father, Joe:
“I want people to know that Kevin is so proud of what he’s doing for another country”, Joe said Tuesday. “He [Kevin] said most of those people over there appreciate them and want them over there. He said that most of the kids come to them when they are out on patrol wanting candy and water and they just love for them to be there. It’s just that you have a few that don’t”, Joe added. “But we don’t hate those people for that, we don’t understand them, but we don’t hate them”, he said.
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