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Wounded veterans cycle through Florida Keys for annual Soldier Ride
The event offers rehabilitative rides on adaptive bikes for 45 wounded veterans along the Overseas Highway, raising funds for veteran independence and peer mentoring.
- On Friday, the Wounded Warrior Project launched the Florida Keys Soldier Ride with 45 men and women and supporters cycling the Overseas Highway including the Seven Mile Bridge.
- The charity frames the trips as inspiration and rehabilitative opportunities for injured soldiers, with Walter Piatt saying `The path to healing always starts with movement,` while funds support independence and peer-mentoring programs.
- Visible limb loss and invisible injuries like PTSD affected participants, some using adaptive bicycles, while Coral Shores High School students cheered and the public can join Saturday community ride.
- Bill Hansen, a long-time Soldier Ride participant, returned nearly 15 years after his first ride, saying the physical activity aids his mental health and lets him support other wounded veterans.
- Saturday the ride continues through Key West with a Saturday community ride where the public can cycle with warriors, and Sunday morning participants will swim with dolphins at the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon.
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