Where in the World Are Nathan’s Wristbands

Wristbands show a world of love for wounded Army Ranger
By JOSH SHAFFER
The News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Published: October 8, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — The story of Nathan Rimpf, Army Ranger, double amputee, proud graduate of Leesville Road High School, has circled the globe on a yellow wristband.

With a few clicks on Facebook, you can see the rubber bracelet bearing Rimpf’s name photographed in front of the Bellagio Fountain in Las Vegas, in the stands at Yankee Stadium and on the wrist of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

The online campaign – “Where in the World Are Nathan’s Wristbands?” – offers a worldwide salute to the Raleigh soldier wounded in Afghanistan and props him up as starts a new life on prosthetic legs.

“I don’t even know half these people,” said Rimpf, 24, gushing over the outpouring while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. “I’ve never even been to Minnesota.”

On July 8, 1st Lt. Nathan Rimpf was leading his platoon through a dusty passageway in the Anbar province when he stepped on a homemade bomb the size of a coffee can.
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