Vets Blinded In Iraq Learn To Ski
Ivan Castro, a former Army Ranger, is blind due to a mortar exploding just five feet away from him.
Ivan says, he "never thought" he’d be able to do something like skiing again. Now he’s doing something he never dreamed possible.
He say "You know when you’re blinded, you don’t know what life is. You don’t know what’s out there."
He and other vets blinded in Iraq were in Sun Valley for the Sun Valley Adaptive Sports program.
I admire those vets so much! I thank them for their service to our country. It takes so much courage to try to learn to ski as a blind individual, because it is such a visual sport. I’m glad they didn’t let their fears hold them back from trying to accomplish something that they really wanted to do. That is a lesson in life we should all take to heart.