He lost his dad at 12. He lost his mom at 14. He lost his skin and fingers at 30. To say he’s had a hard life would be the understatement of the century. Yet despite this, he re-enlisted in the Air Force, got a gold medal at the Invictus Games, and he wrote a book. How’s that for overcoming adversity? So next time you order a grande and they give you a tall instead and you want to yell at the barista, think of DT and gain some perspective.

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