Sergeant 1st Class Caleb Brewer joined the Green Berets in 2012, but was seriously injured whilst on deployment in 2015. His lost both his legs, and thereafter suffered from blood clots, infections, and a traumatic brain injury.
Despite it all, however, he survived. Brewer retired in 2016.
Now 31, he lives in Tucson, Arizona, though struggled initially when it came to restoring semblance of normality to his life. After all, the change had been drastic, and returning to all he had known before was no easy task.
Fortunately, Gary Sinise heard of his plight and immediately took notice.
The Forrest Gump star made sure that suitable housing wouldn’t be something Caleb would have to worry about. Through the Gary Sinise Foundation, he reached out a helping hand, encouraging Caleb to apply to the RISE (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment) program, which aims to build specially-adapted smart homes and adapted vehicles for wounded vets.
