Camp Lejeune Marine Riding After Sniper's Bullet

Marine overcomes sniper's bullet to bike in race
The Daily News of Jacksonville
By RICK SCOPPE
May 11, 2014

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — After being shot by a sniper in Afghanistan in 2010, Marine Maj. Matthew Kutilek had no idea the bullet that severed two of the three arteries in his right leg and left him with an open compound fracture of his tibia would lead him three years later to sit on a bicycle seat "the size of a piece of a pie" and ride 6,300 miles.

Far from it.

Kutilek, whose wife was expecting their third daughter at the time, was just hoping to survive.

And then maybe not lose his leg.

Kutilek said he should have died and "certainly" should have lost his leg. But he didn't. He not only survived but later this month the 34-year-old, 5-foot-10, 165-pound infantry officer stationed at Camp Lejeune will take part in the brutal Dirty Kanza, a 200-mile bicycling endurance race in Emporia, Kan.
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