[male narrator] peter herrick was a thirty-four year old carpenter when he joined the navy reserve. er's wife] they were deployed to build schools and bases and to assist the marines. [peter herrick] when the mortar round hit, i was completely knocked out. i didn't wake up until six days later. [ramond bruce] i saw pete when he was at his worst. he didn't know if he was going to live to to be able to see his daughter graduate from high school. ramond knew that i needed help figuring out where do we go from here. [ramond bruce] we not only represent the veteran, but we represent the whole family. eleven months we stayed in the hospital down in tampa. [ramond bruce] we had, you know long talks about things that he was going to be confronted with. [ramond bruce] we advocate, we educate and we process claims through the v-a and we follow that claim from the beginning to the end. [peter herrick] without paralyzed veterans of america, i really honestly believe i'd still be in the hospital. [narrator] you can help our paralyzed veterans. to learn more, visit p-v-a dot org. >>mark: showing t