Marine Sgt. Zach Stinson will be one of many hand cyclists that will take on the 26.2 mile Marine Corps Marathon course around monuments, the Capitol and the streets of D.C. and Arlington.
Marine Sgt. Zach Stinson will be one of many hand cyclists that will take on the 26.2 mile Marine Corps Marathon course around monuments, the Capitol and the streets of D.C. and Arlington.
Marine Sgt. Zach Stinson was on patrol in Afghanistan in 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device.
“I stepped down with my left leg and it was just like a pogo stick. Just boom into the air,” Stinson told WTOP. “I never lost consciousness … I was kind of bent in half, I couldn’t move.”
He was medevacked out of the area and woke up six days later at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He lost several fingers and both legs above the knee, undergoing 25 surgeries before beginning his rehab process.
“I like to use the saying, like, there’s no how-to guide on getting blown up,” Stinson said with some humor.
