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What youre looking at is a small black and white video of a much larger issue. >> following the apache incident, specialist mccord served for eight more months in iraq before he was wounded in this ied explosion. >> i learned how to live without a lot of things in iraq. when i looked in and i saw those children, the one thing i couldnt live without was my own humanity. i couldnt self-justify what i was doing in iraq anymore. what we as a nation were doing in iraq. i had to refigure out who i was...

Legs in ied explosion in afghanistan in 2012. that did not stop him from popping the question the old fashioned way. the newly engaged couple join us now. welcome tyler jeffries and lauren. thank you for getting up with us this morning. >> no problem. >> thank you for your service. tell us your story. you were story was an unbreakable bomb while in recovery. >> 41 wrote the forward for the book. they invited us all, soldiers and moms from the book, to visit them at their home. >> how did you con...

But everybody is so wrong at the same time. what youre looking at is a small black and white video of a much larger issue. >> following the apache incident, specialist mccord served for eight more months in iraq before he was wounded in this ied explosion. >> i learned lou to live without a lot of things in iraq. when i looked in and i saw those children, the one thing i couldnt live without was my own humanity. i couldnt self-justify what i was doing in iraq any more. what we as a nation were d...

♪ know youre not alone because im going to make this place your home ♪ welcome back. well, adjusting to life at home remains a real challenge for the more than 52,000 american veterans who are physically wounded in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> but as many rebuild their lives and homes, their strength and the selflessness of those hemming them continues to inspire, making this our "favorite story of the day." heres abcs rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: when captain edward "flip" klein w...

♪ know youre not alone because im going to make this place your home ♪ welcome back. well, adjusting to life at home remains a real challenge for the more than 52,000 american veterans who are physically wounded in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> but as many rebuild their lives and homes, their strength and the selflessness of those hemming them continues to inspire, making this our "favorite story of the day." heres abcs rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: when captain edward "flip" klein w...

It nice and slow. we dont want these care packages to bounce all over the place. so we are taking it nice and slow. and then before you know it, there was -- a big, know, cloud of the dust clay that was over there, the sand dust, and you couldnt see anything and our truck was bouncing all over the place. and i had a feeling that we were going to hit o -- i just had a feeling that something was going to happen, sure enough, like a minute later, it happened and i was like oh, i cannot believe this...

It nice and slow. we dont want these care packages to bounce all over the place. so we are taking it nice and slow. and then before you know it, there was -- a big, know, cloud of the dust clay that was over there, the sand dust, and you couldnt see anything and our truck was bouncing all over the place. and i had a feeling that we were going to hit o -- i just had a feeling that something was going to happen, sure enough, like a minute later, it happened and i was like oh, i cannot believe this...

>> boston strong, baby. >> reporter: the energy this morning was absolutely contagious. im joined by -- really, weve become friends, columnist -- >> were buds. >> reporter: columnist from the boston globe. here we are. everything that youve experienced over the course of the last year, we made it. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and you were saying to me youre writing a column about how normal it seems? >> i love the boring. i got to see my buddy who is an emergency room doctor, bored out of his mind in...

They had. but when they were wounded, no one has a medal for the people now taking up their fight here at home. like jessica with her 6 foot tall west point grad husband, captain edward klein, called flip. today shes the primary caregiver as he fights his way back from an ied explosion suffered in afghanistan. the loss of legs and an arm. muscle that allows him to sit down, massive lower body injury. she is one of the 1.1 million caregivers of soldiers from afghanistan in iraq. and she didnt kno...

>> it was near drowning, it was an ied explosion, burns, shrapnel wounds. >> remsberg under went dozens of surgeries. he remains partially paralyzed on his left side and blind in one eye. cory was in such bad shape when he saw the president again he didnt even recognize his commander in chief. he not only acknowledged the president, but did something that shocked even his father. >> cory got up, saluted him and walked with a walker across the floor. >> rewarding. this is what happens when you do...