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Marine veteran amputee recalls dragging wheelchair during ultramarathon: "My chair isn't me"

A Marine veteran who lost his legs to an IED blast while being deployed in Afghanistan in 2012 found a new purpose in life as an adaptive training coach and ultramarathoner. Mike Egan talks to Jason Allen about competing in an ultramarathon where he went viral for dragging his wheelchair through mud on the final lap of the race.

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