The Canada Sevens rugby tournament will honour a Canadian veteran whose incredible comeback from a traumatic injury has inspired players over the years.
Rugby Canada says it plans to name former soldier Capt. Trevor Greene an honorary Canada Sevens ambassador on Wednesday to "recognize an individual who has inspired and impacted both the sport of rugby and the local community."
"He's sort of living the theme of resilience," Rugby Canada director Gareth Rees said of Greene, adding his story is about sacrifice and "what it means not only to be Canadian but to represent Canada." In 2006, while meeting with elders in an Afghan village on a peacekeeping mission, an axe-wielding teenager split Greene's skull open and left the six-foot-four soldier, husband and father in a wheelchair back in Canada.
Over the years, Greene has made a remarkable recovery: he is walking, talking, standing unassisted, and can even use a bench press. He has also made progress with his post-traumatic stress disorder.
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