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http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/04/30/news/doc481894d100408924119203.txt

GREER, S.C. -- It’s been two years since Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Stengel sat behind the wheel, and life is much different now. The 22-year-old Marine suffered massive internal injuries and wounds to both legs when he was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has been his home ever since.

But this week, the 22-year-old Stengel and about 30 other seriously injured and recuperating Marines hooted, hollered and high-fived as they chased normalcy in an American pastime: racing fast cars. The Marines took turns zipping around BMW’s driving school in South Carolina, using the experience to forget about their devastating injuries for a while.

I think we can all agree this is pretty kick-ass!