Illinois community rallies around wounded veteran, gives him a new home
WKRN web staff
Published: August 24, 2015
HARMON, Ill. (KWQC) — An Illinois community has thanked a wounded veteran who survived injuries he sustained in Afghanistan by building him a new home.
Proud U.S. Army veteran, Sergeant Michael Shoemaker enlisted right out of high school and served in Iraq. He later toured Afghanistan where he was injured in 2012.
“We were moving ammunition and rounds that weren’t supposed to go off. Thirteen grenades blew up, wounded seven, and then killed one,” recalled Shoemaker.
He lost his best friend that day, but by strength and miracle, Shoemaker survived his own injuries.
“Broken left tibia. There is a rod in that now. Blew off my right knee cap, broke my right femur, deflated right lung, shrapnel all over my body, my brain. They removed half of my skull which is now titanium and bullet proof.”
Shoemaker is grateful he is alive and is able to watch his kids grow up. “I died four times on the table.”
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