Price For Patriotism

       

She lost her legs fighting in Iraq and years later she is a U.S Senator, She is  Tammy Duckworth, who  won a seat in the Senate that used to belong to Barack Obama.

A PhD-holding Lieutenant Colonel born in Thailand to an American father and a Thai mother.
Deployed to Iraq as part of the National Guard she became one of the first Army women to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom until her helicopter was hit by a rocket propelled grenade later in 2004.  She later lost both her legs and partial use of her right arm and was awarded a Purple Heart.
She became an advocate for soldiers and wounded veterans,After extensive rehabilitation and a year’s stay in the hospital.
Tammy Duckworth first made a bid for office in 2006 but she lost. She then took a job running her home state’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and in 2009, President Obama eventually appointed her Assistant Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs on a federal level. In 2012, Duckworth tried again and was successfully elected to Congress.