THE MILITARY FAMILY: Army veteran finds healing through archery, offers therapy to others

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — One Army veteran hopes to bring relief to others in the way he found his own: archery.

Sam Westfall was an M1 Abrams Tank mechanic in the Army from 1994-2001.  Sadly, his Army career came to an end after a horrific accident involving the large machine.

“It crushed my thigh flat, all the muscles, dislocated a hip, and the knee.  The Army said, ‘If you can’t run, we have no further use for ya,'” said Westfall…

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