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    Rapid City Journal: Veterans charity ride coming to Hot Springs

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    ​HOT SPRINGS –Every year, the organizers of the Veteran’s Charity Ride take wounded and amputee veterans on Indian Motorcycles, custom built Champion sidecars and trikes, from Los Angeles to the Sturgis Bike Rally in South Dakota for the Adventure of a Lifetime.
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    CycleNews.com: Indian Motorcycle and Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis

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    Best Friends and Above the Knee Bi-Lateral Amputees to Trade off Piloting an Indian Scout Avenger Sidecar from Los Angeles to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

    This is a press release from Indian Motorcycle…

    Minneapolis & Los Angeles (July 5, 2017) — Indian Motorcycle®, America’s First Motorcycle Company®, and “Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis,” announced today veterans Corporal Joshua Stein, U.S. Army (Ret.) and Corporal Neil Frustaglio, U.S. Marines (Ret.) have been named as the honorary “Hero’s Ride of a Lifetime” selectees. The two post-9/11 veteran heroes were chosen from over 50 total entries in a nomination program that called upon friends and family members to submit deserving veterans for an once-in-a-lifetime motorcycle therapy adventure.

    Corporal Joshua Stein, US Army (Ret.) joined the Army in February of 2005 as a 12B Combat Engineer, and was deployed to Iraq in December. On Easter Sunday of 2006, Josh and his team were struck by an Explosively Formed Penetrator bomb that blasted through their armored Bradley vehicle and immediately severed and cauterized both of Josh’s legs. Doctors in Iraq prioritized limb salvage, saving both his arms, and transported him back to the U.S., where he eventually woke up out of a medically induced coma with his family surrounding him a the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas. Following a long battle, and significant rehabilitation, Josh found a purpose at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) from which he’ll be graduating in Phoenix, Arizona on July 7, 2017.
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    ‘Hero’s Ride of a Lifetime 2017’ Selectees

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    By Press Release July 5, 2017

    Indian Motorcycles and Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis have announced their “Hero’s Ride of a Lifetime” selectees. Corporal Joshua Stein, U.S. Army (ret.) and Corporal Neil Frustaglio, U.S. Marines (ret.) will be piloting an Indian Scout Avenger Sidecar to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally event, heading out from Los Angeles on July 28. We wish these military vets a fun and safe journey! 

    ​Press Release below.