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Man who Lost Leg in Afghanistan Helps Colin Powell with Flat

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   Former Secretary of State and Army general Colin Powell got some help
   changing a flat tire from a man who lost a leg in Afghanistan.

   Powell[1] posted on Facebook he was driving to Walter Reed Military
   Hospital when a tire blew out on Wednesday. A car pulled up and a man
   with an artificial leg got out.

   Powell says the man recognized him and wanted to help. He learned the
   man had lost his leg when he was a civilian employee in Afghanistan.
   The man finished changing the tire and they both drove off to their
   appointments at Walter Reed.
   The man, Anthony Maggert, later wrote Powell that he was "always an
   inspiration."
   Powell wrote the man had "touched his soul."

References

   1. https://www.facebook.com/GenPowell/