A TRI-CITIES VETERAN IS
PREPARING FOR A NEW CHAPTER IN
HIS LIFE IN A BRAND NEW HOME.
A HOME THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM
THROUGH THE NATIONAL NON-
PROFIT "HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS."
BACK IN 20-13...
OUR OWN JOSH SMITH SPOKE WITH
JOHNSON CITY NATIVE,
JOSHUA HALL, NEARLY A YEAR AFTER
HALL STEPPED ON A
HIDDEN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WHILE
DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN.
IT ALMOST ENDED HIS LIFE AND HE
NOW USES A PROSTHETIC
LEG.
NEWS CHANNEL 11'S JUSTIN SOTO
SPOKE WITH HALL TODAY JUST DAYS
BEFORE A COMMUNITY
GROUNDBREAKING FOR HIS FRESH
START.
SARA, JOSHUA HALL WAS BORN IN
JOHNSON CITY AND GREW UP IN
JONESBOROUGH AND THAT'S WHERE
HIS NEW HOME IS SET TO
BE BUILT--
HALL TELLS ME HE WANTS TO START
WORKING WITH KIDS AND
VETERANS WHO ALSO HAVE
AMPUTATIONS AND HIS STRONG
CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS KEPT HIM
POSITIVE AND MOVING
FORWARD.
SOT 5
"I ACTUALLY REMEMBER TAKING MY
LAST BREATH THEN WOKE UP 2
WEEKS LATER."
JOSHUA HALL VIVIDLY REMEMBERS
THE DAY HIS LIFE
CHANGED FOREVER...
SOT 4
"IT BLEW ME 30 FEET."
IN 20-12 HE STEPPED ON A
DISMOUNTED I-E-D WHILE ON PATROL
IN AFGHANISTAN...
FAST FORWARD NEARLY 5 YEARS AND
HALL IS IN GOOD SPIRITS.
SOT 8
"I'M USE TO IT NOW I DON'T
REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE
2 LEGS SO."
EVEN ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING
DOCTORS SAID
WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
SOT 6
"GOT A 2 YEAR OLD SON, TOLD ME I
PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE
KIDS, THERE HE IS."
THANKS TO THE NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION "HOMES FOR OUR
TROOPS", THEY'LL BE BREAKING
GROUND ON HIS NEW HOME,
CATERED TO HIM...IN A
JONESBOROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD
HE'S FAMILIAR WITH.
SOT 10
"SAME STREET? THAT YOU GREW UP
ON? YEAH!"
WITH LIAM BY HIS SIDE, HE'S
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
RECOVER WITH HIS FAMILY.
SOT 11
"LIAM WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE
FRIENDS AND RIDE HIS BIKE, I
DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THAT."
OVER VIDEO
SOT 9
"I PICKED OUT ROOM COLORS THE
OTHER DAY."
NATS OF SLEEVE ON LEG
IN A HOME MADE FOR HIM...
SOT 12
"IF I NEED THE WHEELCHAIR IT'S
THERE AND TO BE ABLE TO WASH
DISHES WITHOUT PUTTING MY LEG ON
AND TO GO IN HIS ROOM OR
WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE
HUGE."
STILL IN DISBELIEF...
SOT 20
"I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I'M
SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM."
WHILE LOOKING FORWARD TO
BUILDING A LIFE AND CREATING
MEMORIES WITH HIS SON...
SOT 21
"BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
MAKE HIS ROOM THE WAY HE WANTS
IT AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
PACKING IT UP OR PUT A
PLAYGROUND
IN THE BACKYARD, THAT'LL BE
GREAT."
JUSTIN SOTO NEWS CHANNEL 11 IN
YOUR CORNER."
THE COMMUNITY KICK OFF EVENT FOR
HALL'S NEW HOME
IS SATURDAY APRIL 22ND.
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