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Richard Santulli and Arnold Fisher of Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund discuss why they are giving back to wounded veterans.
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Fund weren't sufficient Angeline thanks avenues that are so briefly -- -- -- -- review Richard what what is the intrepid fallen hurdles for.
Well as a foundation to fund actually -- back in 2000 and really that the basic concept than what we've done is is to help.
And the brave men and woman who serve our country and as you know because you've been involved from.
They won with us we built to hospital down and San Antonio to help those that if suffered catastrophic fortress traffic catastrophic injuries.
-- right if the Iraq War you know we help.
By sending significant palace of those families that had lost -- -- one.
And I would building you know looking at the next -- freedom they problem in the military and for the service men and woman of those people suffering from traumatic brain -- Then -- -- Fisher abilities Fisher houses should marijuana but factor was one of the rose.
Redundant and hospital forward want to on the broadcast live in -- too much central department Norma Fisher house -- Now we have now opened sixty.
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Across the country from two in landstuhl in Germany now to where -- country and to envoy.
And my son runs Fisher house now and he's -- Twelve more on the books.
Most of them now on VA hospital -- -- want to Fisher house.
They take the families that come to visit the wounded.
And they give them and you know you've been minimum they give them honest room free.
And it's -- room but.
Gorgeous apartment -- doppler and varnish.
And and have fully equipped and evident we.
Of linens and dishes and so -- and then it's up to the military hospitals take care.
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Hundreds -- -- is don't lose yeah 130 minute then want to more diligent and this -- and the -- patriotic Americans.
Today.
Being on all volunteer army.
These men and women over Asia -- in.
No they're not going to a motor pool in Oklahoma City they're gone to Afghanistan.
And so when they get wounded when they get shot or now even when they'd lose a nominal that we've been able to help them.
But this situation.
Is totally different -- this Tuesday and seeing wounded the war.
-- -- this entry via via I mean and I think the mistake go or when when I'm speaking to people about it they think it's -- related to stress that is a stress issue wolf so.
But traumatic brain injuries exactly it's an injury and if you think about pro football you know the NFL is concerned about questions of play isn't.
That that that's child's play compared to what us soldiers -- indeed these business had a brain moves would any any time this large explosion.
And there are hundreds of thousands of young man and woman who come home.
And suffered terrible terrible injury which we don't -- is called the invisible war.
Talk to Bob Woodward about Hampshire and Hamilton.
Is a marvelous example.
He and his -- for what can be done.
We'll -- and Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund raising money and what.
-- we built regard well in this regard to who rebuilt and and the nice thing about having Arnold -- co chairs he builds them.
We built the first one's called my -- which is in Bethesda Maryland.
Which is really over the world class facility just to study traumatic brain injury and stress disorder.
And now what we're doing -- that's done completed.
We just announced and broke ground on too but we close satellite centers and we intend to build the total of ten.
And its first two in Fort Belvoir -- Camp Lejeune.
Which basically will -- with with which will connect to the main facility.
And so -- much more information and study that the problems of these young man and woman coming back on every day.
One of our military commit suicide and and so we need to get this -- soon so work not -- -- all apparent to -- you know.
Most people of similar -- -- on the government to ruins like this Arnold Fisher Richard Stanley today.
-- we were asked that question just about every day about that might -- answers yes that government should be doing -- but.
We can do it as half the price have to time and twice the -- And so we don't ask the government for any money regarding -- building in this state but I don't want.
To get.
Who sets that -- member and drummer comes at but they -- give us a lift profit the land -- -- -- they care about the soldiers that you know as much as we do but.
And as Donald said we can do a lot quicker and I think what do you audience and again thank you for having us and and you've raised more money for Reston and anybody else.
Is that when we build a hospital in in San Antonio which is by far the greatest facility in the world related to you know.
Injuries -- lost on -- We received thousands and thousands of contributions so we're not -- we don't go out and raised we would like to we don't -- you know we haven't raised millions of dollars on one donut.
And we get ten dollars five dollars fifty dollars an -- on and and that's you know the American people love.
Very very generous.
