KUSI News San Diego
By John Soderman
Posted: Jul 25, 2014
When asked his reaction to the outbreak of love and compassion generated by his story, Abbott is visibly shaken.
"When I have people who don't even know me and they call me from Hawaii, Australia and France and say 'Hey, just get back in the water and surf and you're gonna be ok. We love you buddy!' That means a lot to me."
Randy Abbott gets around in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. But that hasn't prevented him from surfing three or four times a week. You see, it wasn't that long ago doctors told him he would never surf again after a back surgery went terribly wrong.
After spending fourteen years as a Marine Corps recon scout sniper, Abbott's body got pretty banged up. When he got out of the service he needed back surgery. But during that surgery his spinal cord ended up getting accidentally severed, leaving him paralyzed.
But Abbott turned his tragedy into a triumph, opening a surf camp for kids with disabilities. After all, he was able to get back into the water himself because of specially designed surfboards. Surfboards that ended up getting stolen Monday night after two thugs assaulted Abbott, leaving him with cuts and scrapes after they threw him out of his wheelchair.
"One guy was cutting the straps and I said 'Hey, I'm paralyzed, don't steal my surfboards!'" said Abbott. "And then the other guy came at me and took a swing at me, and I took a swing at him. He missed, and I connected. I caught him with a pretty good uppercut."
"The guy that was cutting the straps had come around behind me, and threw me out of my wheelchair, and then kicked my wheelchair and it rolled probably 50 feet down the parking lot. Then they threw my surfboards in the back of their (Toyota) 4Runner and took off."
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Guys I would vet this story, its starting to come out that this guy is a fake. Never was a combat vet, and uses his fake credentials for profit. I'm not saying he hasn't done good things. But he is a liar...
ReplyDeleteAccording to the story, he was paralyzed because of a back operation gone wrong. Are you saying that didn't happen?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately there are so many inconsistencies with his story and with tons of things floating around on the internet about this guy and his circle of friends. Everything from the unit is claiming to have served in to the legitimacy of his non-profit. This guy and his circle are nothing more than another group feeding on the kind and generous people of this great country.
ReplyDeleteYou may be right about this man but you may be wrong.
ReplyDeleteYou can't always trust what you read online. Let's put it this way. I track news reports across the country, always put up links to where the information can be found but I tell people don't just trust what I have here. Look it up. It is way too easy to fake a story or make a claim about someone.
There are 5 domestic violence cases against Randy Abbott from 1998 - 2013. 2 Ex wives filed.
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He was never Recon and never a Sniper. This has been vetted in both communities. His DD214 has been requested under the FOIA. He is a fake using stolen valor to promote his ventures..
Randy Abbott is proven to be a fake and a fraud..stealing valor from those who earned the honor..he is s same and a fraud...http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=54644
ReplyDeleteLast night Randy called and you may be interested in what he wrote about this part of his story,
ReplyDeletehttp://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2014/08/fruits-of-deeds-and-courage-of.html
"His part of the story" does not include his previous scams - including pretending to have brain cancer. Have you fact checked to see the extent of his paralysis? Could it possibly be that he uses a chair for the pain and not paralysis?
ReplyDeleteDid he mention that non-profit does not exist yet he continued to solicit money? What about his history of violence? Or is that forgiven since contacted a blog?
He is a con artist and a fraud and a liar. This was one part of it.