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How a wounded British-Barbadian soldier surmounted life-changing injuries to become an international para-athlete
MAIN PARA-ATHLETE CORIE MAPP LEAVES THE TRACK AFTER COMPETING AT THE WARRIOR GAMES IN COLORADO SPRINGS
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LANCE CORPORAL CORIE MAPP WITH HIS HORSE, REGGIE ALL IMAGES VIA CHRISTOPHER JOLL, UNLESS STATED
Late February 2010, and a man lay in an intensive care unit bed in the military wing of the now closed Selly Oak Hospital, in Birmingham. Trooper Corie Mapp, a 31-year-old Household Cavalryman, married with three daughters, was gravely ill, suffering from severe trauma, an allergic reaction and a lifethreatening infection.
