Injured Marine to receive new house from Homes for Our Troops

Injured Marine to receive new house from Homes for Our Troops
By JANNETTE PIPPIN
Daily News Staff
Published: Saturday, October 6, 2012

STELLA — Team Lang was out in force Saturday to help kick off of a home construction project that gives back to an area veteran part of what he has lost in service to his country.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held to mark the start of construction of a new specially adapted home for Marine Staff Sgt. Bradley Lang, who lost both of his legs above the knee and fractured his pelvis when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan in July 2011.

A group of students from the Coastal Carolina Community College criminal justice program showed up in matching Team Lang shirts to show their support for the project for the Lang family. Alyssa Lang, Staff Sgt. Lang’s wife, is one of their instructors.

“We want to see them get into their new home as soon as possible and we’re going to get volunteers together and do whatever we can to help,” said student Kellie Shirek.

The support of Team Lang extended to friends, family and community members as hundreds gathered in the Forest Ridge subdivision of Stella for the start of the Homes for Our Troops project.
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