... long as I could remember. He joined the Marines with me because he could not foresee himself as a scholar attending a fancy university. We went through everything together from hustling kids in basketball on the playground back in grade school, to learning how to base jump from a one hundred eighty foot wall in boot camp. He has helped push me through every tough ... rehabilitation. It seemed pointless considering I would never be able to walk again but I never let that kill my spirit. I would do arm workouts to prepare myself for pushing myself in a wheelchair. Coop would come visit me...

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