Keith Zeier, Patriot

While a Marine, Sgt. Keith Zeier served with the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and the Marine Special Operations Battalion. In 2006, he was injured by an IED-type exposive device in Iraq, leaving him with permanent muscle and nerve damage in his right leg as well as a severe head injury. The explosion ended Sgt. Zeier’s Marine career. But it didn’t end his resolve.

On May 17th 2009, Sgt. Keith Zeier completed a 100 mile ultra-marathon to benefit the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Please visit the FirstGiving website to learn more about Keith and make a donation to the SOWF.

Over the course of the grueling 100 miles, Mr. Zeier, lost 21 pounds, and required medical attention including intravenous fluids. To date, Keith has raised $77,175 for the SOWF.

More about the Keith, and the race, can be found in an article in The New York Daily News.

Keith Zeier is a American Patriot.

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Photo credits: Zeier on Flickr, Burke for News