‘Growing gardens and helping veterans’ | East Tennessee veteran creates nonprofit to combat PTSD

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – In 2012, U.S. Army Veteran Mike Trost was shot from behind five times while serving his last tour in Afghanistan.

“A lot of people ask me what it was like being shot,” Trost said. “And I told them imagine jumping off a three-story building and just hitting pavement – just bam.”

Trost underwent 30 surgeries and an amputated leg, but he said that was only the start of his long battle…

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