Homes for Our Troops builds house for wounded Orlando Army veteran

I met Luis and Amber out at the Nam Knights in Orlando and this video is about how they met. I have to tell you that if you know anyone thinking there is nothing to hope for consider this and what they have to say.

I am glad the Orlando Sentinel reported about this. I was out there filming this morning, stunned by all the people there helping to build Luis and Amber a home and if you want a heartwarming story about people doing things for the sake of someone else, read more about what is happening. (Check back in a couple of days for a the video I shot this morning.)

Homes for Our Troops builds house for wounded Orlando Army veteran

Luis Puertas, who lost both his legs in the Iraq war, assists project contractor Nathan Cross with the first wall of the home being built for him by Homes for Our Troops. (Joe Burbank, Orlando Sentinel / September 16, 2011)

By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel
8:01 p.m. EDT, September 16, 2011

They met at a party in Orlando two years ago when he was a baby-faced Army veteran of 23 and she a 24-year-old sales representative with a thing for military men.

She asked about the tattoo on his wrist — a wheelchair-accessible symbol with the word "Army" in Braille characters underneath.

"What are you — like, handicapped or something?" she said playfully.

"Well, actually," he began, then rolled up his jeans to reveal two carbon-fiber prosthetic legs.

It might have been a social disaster. Instead, it was the spark of a great love that brought them to a rural Orange County neighborhood Friday where Homes for Our Troops, a Massachusetts-based charity, began building their dream home.
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