Data & Policy
22 A Day: The Truth Behind America's Most Repeated Veteran Suicide Statistic
"22 a day" is the veteran suicide number everyone quotes. Here is where it came from, what the VA's newest report says, and where to get help right now.
Walk For A Hero News
News & Information
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Reporting on paralyzed veterans, the technology that gets them walking, and the people funding it.
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Veteran Stories
12 Years After Paralysis, an Air Force Veteran Is Standing Again
Told he had a 1% chance, Air Force veteran Ignacio Montoya paired spinal stimulation with exoskeleton training. His single-case study reports real gains.
Veteran Stories
Ten Years Waiting, Then Walking Again: One Army Veteran's Return to His Feet
Paralyzed by an IED in Iraq, Army veteran Richie Neider spent nearly a decade in a wheelchair. A VA-funded ReWalk put him back on his feet in 2022.
Veteran Stories
Joshua's Journey: How One Veteran's Story Became a National Movement
Joshua Holm came home from Iraq paralyzed. A fellow veteran refused to accept "someday." The story behind Walk For A Hero's first campaign.
Technology
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Technology
The Wandercraft Exoskeleton, Explained: How a Machine Lets a Paralyzed Veteran Walk Again
A plain-English guide to Wandercraft's self-balancing exoskeleton: how it works, what the FDA cleared and when, who qualifies, and how veterans pay.
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Mission
Why a Walk-A-Thon? The Fundraising Model Behind Walk For A Hero
It isn't a gala or a one-click donate button. Walk For A Hero asks people to walk 15 real miles, and the history of pledge walks explains why it works.
Mission
The First Step: Why Joshua Holm Anchors This Campaign
Why Walk For A Hero put one named veteran at the front of its campaign, how walkers fund him mile by mile, and what opens once his package is paid.
Data & Policy
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Data & Policy
22 A Day: The Truth Behind America's Most Repeated Veteran Suicide Statistic
"22 a day" is the veteran suicide number everyone quotes. Here is where it came from, what the VA's newest report says, and where to get help right now.
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Walk For A Hero Foundation
The reporting is free. The exoskeletons are not.
Every mile walked and every dollar pledged funds FDA-cleared Wandercraft exoskeletons for paralyzed U.S. veterans.