{"id":1736,"date":"2012-09-12T16:35:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1736"},"modified":"2012-09-12T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T16:35:19","slug":"paralympics-a-shining-beacon-of-how-to-overcome-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/paralympics-a-shining-beacon-of-how-to-overcome-adversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics “a shining beacon” of how to overcome adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"
The role played by injured soldiers in the Paralympic Games closing ceremony demonstrates how it is possible to overcome adversity.<\/p>\n
This is the opinion of former Royal Marine Lance Corporal Jon Flint, who rode a Segway as part of the Raising of the Flag segment dedicated to Britain's armed forces.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the London Evening Standard, Mr Flint said the participation of around 30 ex-servicemen and women acted as "a shining beacon" of how it is possible to recover from setbacks.<\/p>\n
He added the exploits of soldiers for the Paralympics GB team will hopefully inspire plenty of people.<\/p>\n
Over one billion tuned in to the closing ceremony and they got to see athletes such as Jon-Allan Butterworth, Sam Bowen and Derek Derenalagi, who were all injured while serving their country.<\/p>\n
Lance Corporal Mike Goody said: "It's brilliant that we were involved and they asked Help for Heroes to take part."<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Injured soldiers participating in the Paralympic Games were inspirational. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n