There was a time Air Force Veteran Miguel Davis-Dacio of the Bronx, New York, found himself as a homeless Veteran begging for help. Tuesday at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, he found himself on the bottom of a ski slope for the first time, begging to do it again.
The National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic made such an impact on his life that Vietnam Veteran Bob Haas created an adaptive sports program at home.
Hope Cooper is a former Air Force medic staff sergeant, but around the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass, Colorado, the paraplegic Veteran is part camp counselor, part celebrity and all teddy bear.
Disabled Veterans are getting properly fitted by assistive prosthesis teams for adaptive sports equipment needed to participate in activities like downhill skiing, snowmobiling, sled hockey, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and rock climbing this week at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic.
Often referred to as “Miracles on a Mountainside,” the clinic promotes rehabilitation through adaptive Alpine and Nordic skiing, rock climbing, wheelchair self-defense, sled hockey, scuba diving, and other adaptive sports and activities.
Iraq War Veteran, Alan participated in the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, but he wasn’t just skiing, he was thriving.