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WASHINGTON – The long ride is over for one determined and inspirational local veteran.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Jodie Knox is a retired U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander.<\/p>\n
In 2022, she was hit by a car while cycling to work. That left her with a traumatic brain injury, as well as damage to her hips and back. It’s still difficult for Knox to run or walk \u2013 but not to bike, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Knox set out on an excursion she calls “Key West to Kittery,” cycling roughly 2,100 miles from Florida to Maine while raising money and awareness for two organizations: Wounded Warrior Project and Achilles International.<\/p>\n
She reportedly raised $17,609 for Wounded Warrior Project and $6,961 for Achilles International along the way.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
Knox said the journey was as much mental as physical. “I really meant it when I said this is about turning \u2018I can\u2019t\u2019 into \u2018I can try,\u2019” she told Fox 5 DC. “I planned to finish it, but I really didn\u2019t know if I\u2019d be able to.”<\/p>\n
She completed the ride without a flat tire, calling the experience “blessed” and meaningful, while supporters at Wounded Warrior Project praised the impact of her fundraising for programs serving wounded veterans and their families.<\/p>\n
To learn more about “Key West to Kittery,” you can click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source: Information from Jodie Knox and the Wounded Warrior Project.\u00a0<\/p>\n Veterans<\/a>News<\/a>Washington, D.C.<\/a>Military<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON – The long ride is over for one determined and inspirational local veteran. What we know: Jodie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10581,28,30,29,2583,115,628,3393],"class_list":["post-279013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-dc","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-military","tag-news","tag-us","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}