In 2004, North Carolina National Guard members Dale Beatty and John Gallina were serving in Iraq when a roadside bomb nearly killed them. After they returned to the States, they found support at a local coffee shop that attracted war veterans. But it needed a wheelchair ramp. Beatty, a contractor, and Gallina, himself without legs, pitched in, then followed up their efforts by building a ramp and deck for a Vietnam vet's home. … Back to Article
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