Todd Reed with Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team

Speaker - Todd Reed, Wounded Warrior Softball Team. Bill Peters guest. www.woundedwarrioramputeesoftballteam.org

Todd’s extraordinary story, from the battlefield in the Afghanistan to protecting Mesa citizens is inspiring. His hard driving attitude has become a way of life and an inspiration to American’s everywhere. His participation and promotion of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) accomplishes the dual goal of love of softball/baseball and ambassador for the military and wounded warriors everywhere. After being injured by a landmine in Afghanistan Todd returned to Arizona and has had over a twenty year career as a patrolman with the Mesa Police Department.

Reed drew local attention after producers from “Yahoo! Second Acts” profiled him for one of their videos .

WWAST Mission

The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) mission is to raise awareness, through exhibition and celebrity softball games, of the sacrifices and resilience of our military, and highlight their ability to rise above any challenge. Our goal is to show other amputees and the general population, that these athletes through extensive rehabilitation and training are able to express their desires and perform the sport they loved.

THE TEAM

The WWAST is comprised of young, competitive, athletic veterans and active duty soldiers who have lost limbs post-9/11, while serving their country in the military/war. The team includes individuals with a variety of amputations of the arm, above knee, below knee, bilateral below knee, and foot. Some are still in the service, others are attending college thanks to the Post-9/11 GI Bill while others have moved on to new careers.

THEIR VISION

WWAST athletes are examples of amputees who continue to push the limits of modern prosthetic technology with more and more applications. Of course, our dream would be the return of our soldiers from harms way without the resulting loss of life and limb. Until such a time, our vision is to support and honor our soldiers and veterans sacrifices, and to show other amputees and everyone who sees or hears about us that life without a limb is limitless.