edjr 5,731 Posted March 24, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/double-amputee-marine-vet-joins-york-police-department-165753157.html BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — The wounded warrior is now a cop — and he'll be walking the beat on titanium legs. Matias Ferreira, a former U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal who lost his legs below the knee when he stepped on a hidden explosive in Afghanistan in 2011, is joining a suburban New York police department. The 28-year-old graduated Friday from the Suffolk County Police Academy on Long Island following 29 weeks of training. The 6-foot-1 (1.9-meter), 215-pound (98-kilogram) rookie passed all the physical training and other requirements just like any other recruit, including running a mile and a half in around 11 minutes. He begins patrols next week, a department spokesman said. "I just really want to be able to help people," said Ferreira, who immigrated to the U.S. from Uruguay as a child. "I want to be involved in the community, and the police department definitely allows you to do that." Ferreira was on patrol in Afghanistan on Jan. 21, 2011, when he jumped off a roof in a compound suspected of being a Taliban outpost. "As soon as I landed I knew something was wrong because it was like a movie almost. I heard a noise and everything went black," he said. A bomb had gone off beneath his legs, amputating both below the knees. "I just saw blood throughout my pants." He was evacuated to a local hospital. Within days, he was back in the U.S. being treated for his injuries. Three months later he was wearing prosthetic legs. "I was up and walking in prosthetics and really just starting my new life," he said. That new life has included many activities he had never tried before the explosion. He has played on a softball team of wounded warriors. He skydives, scuba dives, snowboards and rides a motorcycle. Raised in Georgia, he met his future wife, Tiffany, when his softball team played a game on Long Island in 2012. The couple now has a 2-year-old daughter. After working as a steamfitter, welding while hanging off bridges and overpasses, Ferreira decided to take the exam to become a police officer. He scored a perfect 100, and his fellow recruits later elected him class president. "He has served this great country with outstanding distinction, and will now serve and protect the residents of Suffolk County," Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said in a statement. Ferreira acknowledges the job will bring challenges, but approaches his new career with a sense of humor. He said he was once asked during academy training whether he has concerns about injuries. "If I break my leg, I go in the trunk and put on a different one and I keep on going," he said. He lives by the motto that "life without limbs is limitless." "The only disability we have is the ones that we make," he said. Only needs one finger to shoot a black person Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fandandy 3,312 Posted March 24, 2017 These people truly amaze me. If I lost both legs I would have prolly curled up into a ball and died. Kudos to him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,836 Posted March 24, 2017 These people truly amaze me. If I lost both legs I would have prolly curled up into a ball and died. Kudos to him. Curled up? You mean nubbed up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,958 Posted March 24, 2017 Highest paid cops around. Ooh Rah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,681 Posted March 24, 2017 Highest paid cops around. Ooh Rah! His salary is half off. Horrible. Great for him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone24 1,836 Posted March 25, 2017 His salary is half off. Horrible. Great for him! This thread has some legs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,167 Posted March 25, 2017 Dead or alive, you're coming with me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,958 Posted March 25, 2017 I hope they don't make him walk the beat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,681 Posted March 25, 2017 This thread has some legs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,681 Posted March 25, 2017 You know the amazing thing? He lost his lower legs, but miraculously kept his feet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,681 Posted March 25, 2017 After working as a steamfitter, welding while hanging off bridges and overpasses, Ferreira decided to take the exam to become a police officer. He previously attempted to get a job at a Dude Ranch, but was almost immediately fired after it was discovered that he had lost two calves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 832 Posted March 25, 2017 Highest paid cops around. Ooh Rah! Jealous much ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 832 Posted March 25, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/double-amputee-marine-vet-joins-york-police-department-165753157.html Only needs one finger to shoot a black person What do you know about blacks and this area of Suffolk ?? But you right. And like HT said highest paid cops around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saint Elistan 106 Posted March 25, 2017 This thread has some legs Fock - came here to post this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,958 Posted March 25, 2017 Jealous much ? Of course. And ooh rah is a something Marines say as a cheer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloaca du jour 2,083 Posted March 25, 2017 They already did this on family guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,681 Posted March 25, 2017 They already did this on family guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 1,027 Posted March 27, 2017 I've seen this one before. He quits the force to become an Olympic athlete and the shoots his model gf through the bathroom door for her constantly singing half the man I used to be at the top of her lungs every time they got into a fight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted March 27, 2017 Heard he tried to sue ISIS but judge said he didn't have a leg to stand on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,993 Posted March 27, 2017 That's pretty cool, and one tough sumbiitch for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites