The veterans will start pedaling through the city on Thursday.
Wounded Warriors from the Chicago area got a ride on some new wheels with a special, three-day event that kicked off Wednesday.Kenneth Mead was on an adaptive bike that seemed like a perfect fit Wednesday. But he never saw himself in such a seat.Sgt. Mead served 12 1/2 years in the Army. He did two tours in Iraq, and one in Afghanistan."My guys kept calling me Dr. Frankenstein," Mead said.
He has a Frankenstein tattoo as a memory etched in his body. And traumatic memories are etched in his mind – dating back to July 4, 2009. "We got hit with a mortar attack, and I was on top of an Apache, and I fell off - and I got hit with a mortar in the back of my head and the back of my knee," Mead said."My best friend died in my arms, and I passed out. His name is Matt Riggle, and he died that day.""You see all the veterans that have the same wounds as you do, internally," Mead said.
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