Troops Who Lost Limbs In Iraq Learn To Surf
CBS 13 Sacramento
'Navy corpsman Derek McGinnis knew that losing his left leg to a suicide bomber wouldn't stop him from surfing again. As a child of 1970s California, riding waves felt like a birthright.
So he rallied nearly a dozen other wounded-in-action amputees he met while recovering in Texas and headed for one of California's last old-fashioned beach towns.
The roiling ocean was a second home to some. The closest others had come to riding a wave were B-movie inspired dreams. All were to learn from a champion surfer who himself had just one leg.
"I have a board and (have to) make sure I keep on using it," said McGinnis, a Navy petty officer and medic who began surfing at 10 in Northern California. "I said, 'Man, I've got to be able to do it. It's possible."...'
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