NBC Today
Scott Stump
October 14, 2014
Noah Galloway, 32, an Iraq War veteran who lost part of his left arm and left leg in an IED explosion, is the first reader to grace the cover of Men's Health magazine after winning the search for the Ultimate Men's Health Guy.
Before U.S. Army veteran Noah Galloway became an inspiring athlete and the first reader in the history of Men's Health magazine to grace its cover, he was nearly overwhelmed by depression and alcohol.
When his Humvee hit an improvised explosive device in Iraq, his life changed. Galloway, 32, was four months into his second tour of duty in the U.S. Army when he lost his left arm above the elbow and his left leg above the knee as a result of an IED blast in Yusafiah, Iraq on Dec. 19, 2005.
A soldier who had been dedicated to fitness since he was a teenager, Galloway gained weight and spent hours every day laying in bed after returning home from the hospital, consumed by depression and alcohol. In 2010, a look in the mirror jolted him into turning his life around, and he dedicated himself to getting back in shape.
The other two finalists were Finny Akers, who gave up a Division I lacrosse scholarship to care for his younger siblings, ages 10 and 9, after his father killed his mother and then himself, and Kavan Lake, who grew up in extreme poverty to become a 22-year U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot. read more here
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