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Disabled Sports USA Executive Director and
retired U.S. Army Sgt. Kirk M. Bauer and Sgt. Orlando Gill,
rang The Closing BellSM at the Feb. 9 session of the New York
Stock Exchange. Seven Wounded Warriors injured in Iraq, Afghanistan
and the Global War on Terrorism accompanied Bauer. When entering
the trading floor, they received a five-minute round of applause
from the traders.
Participating in the bell ringing ceremony
were from left to right: Capt. Marc Giammatteo; Staff Sgt.
Brian Newman; Sgt. Orlando Gill; Catherine R. Kinney, President
and Co-Chief Operating Officer, NYSE; Kirk Bauer; Hospital
Corpsman 3rd Class Jose Ramos; Capt. Leslie Smith; Staff Sgt.
John Jones; 1st Lt. Ed Salau.
The event kicked off the 2006 Wounded Warrior
Disabled Sports Project with more than 50 sports rehabilitation
events throughout the United States. The project is a partnership
between Disabled Sports USA and its chapters, and the Wounded
Warrior Project, which provides sports programs for severely
wounded service members.
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Ringing
NYSE's Closing Bell