Local veteran, double amputee trains for Soldier Ride 250

The Brief

  • Veteran Neil Duncan served in Afghanistan, where his vehicle was struck by an IED.
  • Both of Duncan’s legs were amputated.
  • Now he’s training for Soldier Ride 250, a bike ride celebrating 250 years of American independence.

WASHINGTON It turns out, riding a bike – isn’t always just like riding a bike.

The backstory:

“I didn’t know an amputee before I became an amputee,” Neil Duncan said Wednesday in Bethesda.

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