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 CHICAGO (AP) - Tammy Duckworth, a former Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in a grenade attack in Iraq, is now leading the charge for the Fighting Democrats.
Duckworth narrowly won the Democratic nomination for Congress in a primary race Tuesday for the House seat held by Republican Rep. Henry Hyde, who is retiring after 32 years. She is the best-known of the Iraq war veterans who want to go to Capitol Hill this year.
"My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died," said Duckworth, who was wounded in 2004 and now gets around by using either a wheelchair or metal prosthetic limbs and a cane. "And I just had to do more with my life."
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