SEIMONE GAINS INSPIRATION FROM WOUNDED
The following comes from an article written by Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press:
Seimone Augustus hasn’t been able to play at the U.S. women’s basketball training camp while she rehabilitates her injured left knee.
She’s been cheering from the sideline and working on her rehab, but misses being on the court with her teammates. Still, the camp hasn’t been a total loss for the Minnesota Lynx guard.
A post practice trip by the national team to Walter Reed hospital to visit wounded soldiers really helped put her ACL injury in perspective.
“Going through my rehab and stuff like that, I’ve been feeling down on myself and depressed and I shouldn’t,” Augustus said. “They’ve been through worse things than me and they’re calm.”
There was one soldier whom she met who was fortunate to be alive. He had an injured spine and neck and was wounded when a bomb went off underneath his vehicle. Right as the bomb went off, the soldier remembered to push away from his gun so as not to be further hurt. He told her how many soldiers are hurt worse when they bang their heads into their guns after a bomb goes off.
Some of his fellow soldiers in the vehicle weren’t so lucky.
“Just to know this guy was almost killed and he’s here talking to us and happy to see us is a special thing,” Augustus said. “These guys go out and risk their lives every day and not know if they’re going to come back home alive or not. To hear about their experiences is a motivational factor for me.”
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