they got a visit from melissa stockwell, thest u.s. woman to loslimb in combat.....she also haens to be a 3ime world champ for ra triathalon. news 5's greg dingrando has more on her story....and wh her sit to the future tri- athletes. if you'rning for your rst triathlon.....you're long the way.....wheth its someone pushinyou physically toimit.. or ithis ce helping you mentally. stockwell stepd and shatred y ofhe athles' doubts that they couldo it .... simply by telling her story of l e thingshe's ercome.....from surviving.... to bing a champion rq laietta/jog triathon team 0:39 this was kia on my bucket lisof all things. i ju dided to take something f my bucket list. and training for it....hasn't beenasy. sot: 1:30 fioxir and some of them have al ght about quitting. ter melissa stockwell. looking at her in plane clothes you never know what' e's gone through. in4, she lost her left l afg hit by a roadse mb in ir. melissa stockwell/ palympian sot: 1:40 when i got to waer ed wasby a l ofther soldiers who were missing a lot more tn i s. 2,

melissa stockwell the first u.s. woman to lose a mb in combat.. but despite th challen she went on to become a 3 time para triathalon world champ. news 5's greg dingrando has more er visit ockwell may not be able to help theuture triathletes physically get ready......but e defini gave em a boo whencameny mental rdles they might hav... and all she did was tell story. in 24, stockwell lost heleft leg after beinhit a roadside bomb in aq. ter tting treated at walter reed hospital she says she saw w bay some of the otr decid she had right to feel sorry for herself. once she recovreshe took on chalnge ter allenge...including one of thtougest ortsut there....a triathalon....thats nning, swimming, and cycling. in addition to her tining... she's also bome motivational speaker....something she takes greapride . sot: 4:52 hopelly anyone w has heard my sry has been spired by it they are able to get out and do things never thought possible. been incredible. the athletes sayearing her story gavehem a little something extra to think about if they're ev thinking

melissa stockwell is an iraq war veteran, a was the first woman toose a limb in combat. she'll bspeaking to the new "y triathalon team" and fort rs's "wounded waior ansition unit" this morng. you'll hear from stockwell in a live rept,oming up in r 6 a-m hour. overnight... fireghters connued mopping up "hot spots", after a grass fire brout on fort carson. it started le yesty afteoori training impactrea. njuries were reported. while the fi is comptely out, firighters y you may still smell smok the area toda.. "thomas guee"... the accused of shootg colorado springs police dung an attemptedurgly... will aear in el paso county court for the rst time. earlier is month. police say "olee" tried to breainto t home on srra spngs drive... owned by a former emplee of the department of coections. he was arrested after leading police on a chase during which he fired sho.... lice returned fire... injuring "guolee". authorities say "thomas guolee" is a reported member of a notoris white supremicist gang anwas once a suspect in th assasinaon othe direct o the depant orrons. today... colo

i done speaking with melissa stockwell... stockwell lost one of her mb in iraq back in 2004. after th, she haendless questions about what h life would be likmoving forward. she says during rehabilitation, she made the dision to live her life for those who didn me it back and who made the timate sacrifice. since then sckwell has not only skiedhelopes of brecnrge anddcycled marathon in new york city-- but she alsoecame a proud lyia stockwl says one oher best accomplishmentis being ablto give back to the communitynd inspirothers i lost my left leg above the knee whegot walter reei was surrounded by her soldrs missing a lomore than i was 2, 3, mbs, eyesigh tramic bin injury, so it was real hd to feel sorry for myself because i was only missing myeft leg. ly choosg then my li t waed to et losing a leg keep me from doinythign i wanteddo. paratriathlon. e sport willebut in the 2016 paralympic gam in rio de janeo-- ere she hopes to once again represent the u-s. we'll have more on melissa's story on our website koaa dot com. reporting live in lorado springs, joanna se, news5. developi