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Disabled Iraq Vets Still Trying for U.S.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:06:20 PM
By PAUL NEWBERRY

Scott Winkler throws the shot put during the U.S. Track and Field National Championships at Marietta High School in Marietta, Ga., Sunday, July 1, 2007.  Winkler has been paralyzed from the waist down since being injured in the Iraq War.  (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Leigh Auerbach)  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - With a row of American flags flapping nearby in the morning breeze, Scott Winkler takes a deep breath, closes his eyes for a second or two, then begins twisting his massive upper body this way and that, all the while clasping a flying saucer-like object in his right hand.

"Ahhhhhh!" Winkler screams when he finally unleashes the discus, which soars some 90 feet against a gray sky before dropping into a field that is part grass, part weeds and crawling with ants. It lands with a thud, kicking up a bit of dirt.

"Nice throw, Scott," someone says.


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