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Casey Owens
Corporal Casey Owens USMC (Ret.) (born c. 1981 in Houston, Texas; died October 15, 2014 in Aspen, Colorado) was a United States Marine, Iraq War veteran, and paralympic athlete from Houston, Texas, United States, famed for his feats of completing marathons in a wheelchair after his legs were amputated for injuries received while on a rescue mission during the Iraq War.〔(Casey breezes through USMC marathon ), November 2, 2005, ''Lone Star Times'', access date 02/04/08〕〔KRT Photos, November 3, 2004〕〔(Marine Enjoys a Triumphant Day ), October 31, 2005, ''The Washington Post'', by Kathy Orton, access date 02/04/08〕
==Injury and Accomplishments==
Corporal Owens deployed for a second tour in Al Anbar Province Iraq August 2004. On Sept. 20, 2004, while responding to a wounded Marine, his vehicle struck two anti-tank mines which resulted in severe injuries to his legs. After being airlifted to and stabilized at a Field Hospital, Owens was transferred to Landstuhl, Germany. Tragically, his injuries resulted in the amputation of his right leg above the knee and his left leg below the knee. Corporal Owens eventually returned to the United States to undergo extensive multiple surgeries and rehabilitation at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to losing both legs, his injuries included a broken jaw and collarbone, shrapnel wounds, collapsed lungs, blood clots in the lungs.
The muscle and skin flaps on his amputation stumps failed to close properly and resulted in nonhealing wounds. Corporal Owens said he subsequently underwent repeated amputations which further reduced the size of his stumps while a patient at VA and military hospitals. Through the help of several charitable organizations and private pay from his own pocket, Owens received hyperberic oxygen therapy treatment in New Orleans, Louisiana by Dr. Paul Harch MD.〔(), CBS News, August 3, 2009 access date 10/16/14〕 Owens later testified before the United States Congress in hearings regarding the poor quality of care and "bureaucratic maze" that military personnel must navigate in order to receive medical care from the VA.〔(Congressional Committee Holds Oversight Hearing to Examine Care of Seriously Wounded Veterans ), Veterans for Common Sense, May 17, 2008 access date 02/04/08〕
After a return to college which proved unsuccessful due to Traumatic Brain Injury, Corporal Owens became an accomplished paralympian skier and marathon runner in the paralympic games.〔(),''Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes'', July,2009, access date 10/16/2014〕〔(Warriors on the snow ), ''The Aspen Times'', February 24, 2007, by Charles Agar, access date 02/04/08〕
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