9-11 Fallen Firefighter's family gives back to Afghanistan triple amputee

Marine Cpl. Juan Dominguez, Triple Amputee Afghanistan War Veteran, Gets New 'Smart Home' On 9/11
Posted: 09/11/2012

Triple Amputee Vets Gets 'Smart Home'
On Oct. 23, 2010, Marine Cpl. Juan Dominguez, 28, lost both legs and his right arm in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan. On 9/11, the husband and father of 9-year-old daughter, Victoria, was granted a specially designed home by the Gary Sinise Foundation and the Stephen Siller Foundation in Temecula, California.

Eleven years after –- to the exact minute –- that New York firefighter Stephen Siller lost his life on September 11, his family found reason to celebrate. They handed over the keys to a brand new home to a veteran who lost three limbs in Afghanistan.

On Oct. 23, 2010, Marine Cpl. Juan Dominguez, 28, slipped down an embankment, landed on a buried bomb, and he lost both legs and his right arm in the explosion, CNN reports. After undergoing numerous surgeries and continuous therapy, the husband and father of 9-year-old daughter, Victoria, was granted his independence by two charities in the form of a specially-designed house in Temecula, California.

Dominguez told KTLA that the new smart home, which was donated by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation, is a “great opportunity.”
read more here