we have sergeant stephen jackel. half a day to list all the medals that this young man has received. his team run over -- the vehicle he was in, they ran over an ied. stephen lost both his legs in that attack. the vehicle was on fire. and he saved his whole group. this is a real american hero right here. [ applause ] ladies out there, let me tell you, this is a strong woman. [ cheers and applause ] six kids at home, a husband overseas, loses two legs, and she keeps that family together. [ cheers and applause ] we are partnering with our buddy here, kix brooks, and a local dallas builder, tim jackson. and stephen, adriana, tim is going to build you a brand-new custom home. [ cheers and applause ] let me introduce a true american hero, sergeant stephen jackel. >> thank y'all very much for your support. >> at operation finally home, we're not just building homes, we're rebuilding lives. >> if operation finally home did not do this for us, we wouldn't have the ability to go for our dreams in life. >> with this home here,

. >> we're very interested in the family you sent me, the stephen jackel family.s there any updates on him? i know he finally retired, got hiss purple heart. >> he's out of the military now. i think he's still living in operation homefront, the apartments over there. >> right. we're going to push forward and actually do an interview with him and meet him and the kids and the wife. dan's going to meet them tomorrow. >> he's a hero. >> oh, absolutely. >> true american hero. >> yes. >> i landed in the army age of 28. just felt at that point and time in my life, i wanted to do more. needed the challenge. february of 2009, i deployed to iraq for three and a half months. my last deployment was to afghanistan. it was a three-day mission, and the second day we were out, we rolled over a culvert and i had seen a wire running into the culvert. i told the driver to back up, and he couldn't hear me, and they initiated the ied on us. with the force of the vehicle being lifted up off the ground, i lost consciousness. as i woke up, i tried to start moving my body and that's when