Community Helps Triple Amputee Afghanistan Veteran After Fire

Community helps disabled veteran after tragic house fire
NBC Today
Elizabeth Murray
August 24, 2014

Captain Edward Klein has seen his share of pain and loss. Two years ago, the veteran soldier stepped on an IED in Afghanistan, losing both his legs, and arm and most of his remaining fingers.

After 18 months in rehab, Klein and his wife Jessica were just starting a new life together, putting the worst behind them until 10 days ago when their Maryland home caught fire.

"I started to see the smoke," Klein said. " About that time the alarms started going off."

But Klein and his wife Jessica were in the basement, and due to his injuries, Klein needed help escaping the flames.

"She was able to pull me out onto the front porch," Klein said. "And this is the really amazing part — that by the time I got outside, there were neighbors already standing on the porch waiting to help."

But that wasn't the only help neighbors and others in the community were willing to give.
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