Todd Gladfelter was severely paralyzed after from a roof on his Schuylkill County property.
Army veteran Adam Perry loads and stacks firewood while Todd Gladfelter looks on from his motorized wheelchair, in New Ringgold, Pa., on April 28, 2024.They came to split and stack wood, to weed the garden and wrangle goats, a simple way to give thanks to a couple that gave them hope again.
“It helps me not to be alone. I spent a lot of time in inpatient treatment at the VA and when I left, I was all by myself again. There was like nobody that understood me, anywhere,” said Mike Peterman, 41, a bomb technician who served in Afghanistan with the Army. “Then I came here and I was like, ‘Oh, it’s not just me.’ It’s helpful and makes it easy to come back. I’m helping because they made it easier for me.
Ross, an artist and writer, first encountered veterans suffering from PTSD through her writing when she interviewed some veteran “hiking off their war trauma.” The experience changed Ross’ life and she and Gladfelter decided to make it a focal point. Gladfelter attributes much of his recovery to his wife, her tough love, and their collective love of the outdoors. Today, he can walk with a walker and even a cane for a short time. He’s carving wood again and rides a modified recumbent bicycle so well that he and Ross will be biking about 140 miles along the Delaware & Lehigh Canal Trail in the coming weeks.
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