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To: JenB; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; 300winmag; Professional Engineer; g'nad; 2Jedismom; Lil'freeper; ...

ABC's Extreme Home Makeover tonight was about a family with a soldier (I didn't catch what branch) who lost a leg in Iraq. They not only rebuilt his house to be more accommodating for him (taking out levels, etc.), they paid to have him fitted with a new prosthetic leg (he walked without pain and without crutches), and arranged to have his wife's Master's in Social Work paid for. She plans to work with families in similar situations.

It was a tearjerker.

Sometimes, the mediots get it right.


5,153 posted on 09/25/2005 6:12:50 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Good for them! I'll refrain from saying the next nasty thing about TV I think of. That's clearly more than they had to do.


5,155 posted on 09/25/2005 6:14:12 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

I saw the last 10 minutes of the show and blubbered like a baby.

It was well done and more than well deserved.


5,156 posted on 09/25/2005 6:14:16 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Good evening... sounds like a great show.

We're home from the beach house.... went up to celebrate Dad's birthday though he wasn't much up to it. He's got a lot of pain in his shoulder, not sure why, but it kept him from sleeping last night or having much fun today.


5,161 posted on 09/25/2005 7:05:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Sometimes, the mediots get it right.

They probably had some psychologist on staff who has devised a formula for getting ratings out of red-staters.

My cynicism aside, I'm glad 1) they did that for the family and 2) put it on TV. *Nothing* is too good for our servicemen and women.

5,174 posted on 09/26/2005 5:00:43 AM PDT by Lil'freeper
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