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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Iraq Veteran Tries Out for Tigers, And He's an Amputee!

WATCH: Iraq War veteran, amputee tries out for the Tigers
CBS Sports
By Dayn Perry
Baseball Writer
March 10, 2015

Here, in the words of MLB.com's Jason Beck, is what happened to Daniel Jacobs during the Iraq War:
Jacobs lost his left leg below the knee from a roadside bomb nine years ago, as well as toes on his right foot and three fingers on his left hand. For a while, he might have lost his will. He wasn't expected to survive a flight home, then wasn't expected to walk again, then wasn't expected to serve again. He did all that and more.
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