Homes For Our Troops hands keys over to another wounded veteran

Injured sergeant's new home customized for his accessibility
JD News
By JANNETTE PIPPIN Daily News Staff
Published: Saturday, October 26, 2013

STELLA — Three years after he was severely injured in Afghanistan, Army Sgt. Anthony Verra is ready to settle into a “forever” home with his family.

For Verra, home now accompanies push-button doors, easy-to-reach cabinets, and a handicap-accessible shower and open floor plan that gives him mobility — and returns independence he had lost.

“It’s been a long journey. You’ve made this possible. I don’t know how to thank you for that,” Verra said during Saturday’s ceremony.

During the ceremony, the house built in the Stella community was formally presented to the Verra family by Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit organization that has — since Sept. 11, 2001 — been building homes customized for service members severely injured in combat.
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