{"id":2563,"date":"2013-12-17T17:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T17:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2563"},"modified":"2013-12-17T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T17:02:33","slug":"rowers-crossing-the-atlantic-for-help-for-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/rowers-crossing-the-atlantic-for-help-for-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowers crossing the Atlantic for Help for Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"
A team of rowers are currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bid to raise as much money as possible for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n
The group from the charity's Tedworth House recovery centre are making the substantial journey right now, having set off on December 4th, reports the Salisbury Journal.<\/p>\n
Each member of the Row2Recovery team has previously been a member of the army and some have even been wounded in combat.<\/p>\n
Both Trooper Cayle Royce and Corporal Scott Blaney suffered life-changing injuries while on duty in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
They are one of 16 teams – including others from Australia and Sweden – who are taking on the challenge of rowing 3,000 nautical miles from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua.<\/p>\n
Trooper Royce said: "Losing both of my legs doesn't mean I have lost my passion. I want to show others that injury is not the end and show the military in a positive light."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Help for Heroes will benefit from a group’s decision to cross the Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4129,"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