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And you met him in the restaurant and he stood up and shook your hand you would have no idea that he was a soldier, that he is missing his leg below his knee. he is just a normal guy that is talking about getting ready for the 2012 olympics. and all of a sudden you realize, well, gee, rob, you really were blown up in iraq and lost your leg and you are kind of going, wow, you are doing great. the question is is he really doing great? >> it was about 12:00 that day and we came under heavy fire from mall arms. r.p.g. as, hand grenades, everything was thrown at us. i took a couple of rounds to the...

The entire community of breezy point and rockaways turns up for these young people. >> rick: what we do today. >> adaptive water skiing, kayaking we have a pool set up on the beach they can try scuba and also then adaptive sailing. >> rick: wounded warriors astride with adaptive sports usa and you are one of the founding members. tell us about your history and how it impacts soldiers coming back from the war on terror. >> disabled sports usa. we are jocks that's where we partner with the wounded warrior project. we got our beginning in the vietnam war. i lost my leg and yet not become involved...