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Wounded veteran gets his first home thanks to the 'Helping a Hero 100 Challenge'

Wounded veteran gets his first home thanks to the "Helping a Hero 100 Challenge"
Home for injured veteran
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. —

  • Veteran receives new home with the "Helping a Hero 100 Challenge."
  • SSG Ross Cox was on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2011 when he stepped on an IED. The explosion caused him to lose his left leg and damaged his right arm and leg.
  • The home is fully adapted.
  • To nominate a veteran who was injured in the war, click here.

Pasco County physician reunites with medical team after widowmaker heart attack

A Pasco County internal medicine physician was reunited Tuesday with the medical team who saved her life after she suffered a widowmaker heart attack nearly two years ago.

Physician suffers heart attack at age 44