Monroe News
Ray Kisonas
October 11, 2016
On Saturday, with a little help from his friends, Mr. Smith achieved his latest accomplishment by riding his 2009 Harley-Davidson Sportster without fear of his prosthetic foot striking the pavement.
MILAN — When the mortar blast took his leg below the knee during the war in Iraq in 2006, Corey Smith, a Marine from Luna Pier, refused to feel sorry for himself.
In fact he actually tried to return to his unit after being fitted with a prosthetic only to be told his combat days were over.
Undeterred, Mr. Smith came back home, earned a college degree, got married and now works at the federal prison in Milan.
On Saturday, with a little help from his friends, Mr. Smith achieved his latest accomplishment by riding his 2009 Harley-Davidson Sportster without fear of his prosthetic foot striking the pavement.
“It was so much better; I was very comfortable,” Mr. Smith, 29, said among 170 other bikers who rumbled into Milan to support veterans. “I didn’t have to worry about my foot dragging.”
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