Fort Bragg Stories: Blinded veteran seeks challenges
Ivan Castro’s life was forever changed when a mortar landed near him in Iraq on Sept. 2, 2006.Two of the men in his unit were killed, and Castro was gravely injured. The attack left him blind, facing a long road to recovery.Lying in bed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, he felt overwhelmed with grief and fear.“I still had bills to pay and grass to cut,” Castro said. “I didn’t know what to do, or how I’d […]
