swim. I did n't have to wear a prosthetic leg. In 2008, Stockwell became the first Iraq war veteran to be chosen for the U.S. Paralympic Team. She felt like her life had come full circle: It made me feel so, so alive. Today the 32-year-old veteran works as a certified prosthetist at Scheck and Siress in Chicago and runs a triathlon club she started with friends Keri Schindler and Dan Tun two years ago. Dare2Tri provides adaptive equipment and coaches for athletes with disabilities. Cancer survivor and amputee Hailey Danisewicz says Dare2Tri has taught her that, my possibilities as a person are endless and that I can do anything that I put my mind to. In October Danisewicz placed second at the Paratriathlon World Championships in New Zealand. First place, for the third consecutive year, went to her coach and mentor Melissa Stockwell.