johnpeckfund.org/support How a double arm amputee with legs might crawl through mud under barbed ware. What is usually considered a staple obstacle of a mud run OCR, becomes something much different without having arms to reach forward and push through. Rugged Maniac VA 10/4/14 was run as a hands-tied-behind-the-back to honor the service and sacrifice of Sgt. John Peck, the third surviving quadruple amputee from the post-9/11 tours. It is an effort to fundraise for The John Peck Fund to help cover extensive post-surgery expenses after a double arm transplant in Boston. In 2007 He was manning the machine gun for the lead vehicle, as it rounded a corner the vehicle was hit by a pressure initiated IED. He was popped out of the gunners sling, hit the sniper hide for the turret, then came down and hit his head on the machine gun. He remembers fragments of that night. Peck was left with vision, balance, and hearing problems as a result. He also suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that nearly killed him, and suffered short- and long-term memory problems which means he forgot everything up to the point of the injury, in short he lost 21 years of memories. On May 24, 2010, Sgt. Peck was serving in Helmand province, Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED and triggered it. The resulting blast amputated Peck’s legs, part of one arm, damaged his other arm, and wounded him severely in the stomach. Sgt. Peck is the only surviving person to survive a flesh eating virus, Aspergillosis, in his abdomen, another marine and himself are the only surviving people to survive the same virus in their blood. As a result of later complications, doctors amputated part of his other remaining arm, making him the 3rd quadruple amputee of the Afghan and Iraq wars Sgt. Peck is approved for a double arm transplant, will help him regain some functionality and independence, something I lost so much of not being able to use my own arms. Learn more about Johns injuries, his surgery, and some of the post-surgery expenses, as well as donating through the paypal link at johnpeckfund.org/support
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 06:00:40 +0000
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