Quadruple Amputee Soldier, Gets Custom 'Smart Home' From Gary Sinise

Travis Mills, Quadruple Amputee Soldier, Gets Custom 'Smart Home' From Gary Sinise Foundation

04/19/2012
Sergeant Travis Mills’ life changed forever when he lost all four limbs to an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan. But two charities are making sure that his comforts of home remain intact.

While Mills recovers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation are erecting a custom-built home for the wounded warrior, Fox News reports. The oversized rooms and iPad-controlled countertops -- among other amenities –- will give Mills the independence he wouldn’t otherwise have.

"It's a passion," John Hodge, director of operations for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, told the news source. "It just rips your heart out to see these kids -- and they are kids -- who have such promise and have their whole lives ahead of them, and then this happens. We want to make sure they fulfill their promise and their dreams."
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Quadruple amputee soldier recovering at Walter Reed

Posted: Apr 20, 2012
By Erik Horn, WNEM Newsperson
VASSAR, MI (WNEM) -

A young Mid-Michigan soldier is recovering at Walter Reed Hospital from some very extreme wounds.

Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, of Vassar, lost both of his arms and legs when he stepped on an IED while on patrol in Afghanistan.

Mills is believed to be just the fourth quadruple amputee in U.S. Military history to survive his injuries.