Severely injured in a training exercise, Marine defies doctors expectations at the Phoenix Marathon.
Blind Camp Pendleton Marine Vet Competing In Marathon Via Wheelchair
James Carey – Carey’s Corps
James Carey Corps Support Team
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/runners-will-push-blind-marine-through-phoenix-marathon
USMC Capt. Nate Wood, Boston MA, flies out a few times a year to visit and help with SSgt James Carey
according to the Patriot Guard Riders website:
Just prior to his next deployment, he was training for Special Recon group for Navy Seals when he [almost] drowned in a pool among 40 marines.
He was brought back to life but unfortunately, remains blind and is currently still in a wheelchair learning to walk.
Carey enlisted in the Marines when he was just 20-years-old. He served in Afghanistan. His future in the Marine Corps looked bright, until the accident in July 2009
