Former RI soldier fights for recovery as war in Afghanistan winds down
Sarah, also 36, from Barrington, was grateful for my call. Veterans like her husband, she said, deserve to be remembered. But interviewing him would not be easy right now. Two years ago it would have been. Despite the bomb’s concussive impact, Michael was of good mind and in the public eye enough to become a prominent face of injured warriors. But brain injuries, Sarah told me, even when overcome at first, can take a turn over time, and Michael lately has had cognitive challenges. And other needs, too, requiring care for daily living. Many people, she said, assume the main journey of a vete...