Lawrence Green: The Motorcycle Accident by The Story Collider published on 2023-05-24T13:27:54Z Lawrence Green wakes up in a hospital room to find that he’s sustained devastating injuries in a motorcycle accident. Lawrence Green joined the United States Army as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic in 2008. During his time served, he was stationed in South Korea, then Fort Hood, TX and eventually deployed to Iraq for about a year before being honorably discharged in 2012. Post-service, Lawrence used his mechanic experience to work as a Heavy Equipment Technician before his life changed forever on March 29, 2015. Determined to find a renewed purpose after his injuries, he connected with Adaptive Training Foundation while still very atrophied and with a wound vac on his left limb. He began participating in a few classes over a 2-year period of time and enjoyed it so much he eventually became a volunteer trainer at ATF. Lawrence is now pursuing his personal training certification to continue his love of fitness. Through ATF, he fell in love with Para Ice Hockey and joined the Dallas Stars Sled Hockey Team. He has big goals set for himself and hopes to make the Paralympic team in 2022. This story originally aired on The Story Collider’s podcast on October 29th, 2021 in an episode titled “What Now?: Stories about coping after loss”. Find the transcript and other information: https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2021/10/25/what-now-stories-about-coping-after-loss Genre Storytelling