Marine vet who lost his leg in Afghanistan gets mortgage-free home courtesy of Gary Sinise Foundation

Your “Daily Dose of Uplift” for March 5th:
Josue Barron joined the Marine Corps at age 17. He was raised by a single mother, and Barron said the Marine Corps itself was like a father figure to him.
However, tragedy struck in 2010 when Barron was injured in Afghanistan, losing his leg and eye in the process. He tried a prosthetic leg, but it was painful.
“Walking on your prosthetic is pain daily. You’re in constant pain, and people will never see that. They just see somebody walking on a prosthetic,” he said. “When I come home, I want to sit down in that wheelchair and relax.”
Enter Gary Sinise, who played Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump. Sinise has been helping veterans for the past 10 years through his foundation. After hearing of Barron’s story, he gifted him a brand new, fully accessible home, free of a mortgage, all through his foundation.
“Just being able to roll into the shower without jumping any obstacles, to be able to come home and have the whole house accessible to my wheelchair and me, it’s definitely going to change my life,” Barron said.
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