ABC Tribute to Iraq Veteran Paralympic Athlete

ABC Pays Tribute to Iraq War Amputee Turned Paralympics Hockey Athlete
News Busters
By Matthew Balan
March 14, 2014

ABC's World News named Rico Roman, a member of Team U.S.A. in the Sochi Paralympics, its 'Person of the Week' on Friday. Roman, an Iraq War veteran who lost his left leg after his Humvee struck an IED, is now the "the star forward of the U.S. Paralympic hockey team." Amy Robach spotlighted how the Oregon native "discovered sled hockey – an outlet from the confines of a hospital room."

The correspondent also pointed out how a significant percentage of the American Paralympics team come from the military: (watch video)

Anchor Diane Sawyer introduced the segment on Roman by noting how "the Paralympic Games are underway in Sochi – Team U.S.A. including more of America's armed forces than ever before, showing every person in this country how you fight to win – and then, you win again."

Robach led by trumpeting how Roman does "the equivalent of three able-bodied athletes at the pinnacle of their game at once. He's skates on a metal sled at speeds up to 30 miles per hour; navigates across the ice using poles, with the same techniques as an expert cross country skier; checks opponents with the same velocity of a car crash.
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