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Byler does core-strengthening exercises, including lifting weights on an unsteady surface, as part of his physical therapy</runtime:topic> at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL00020116" title="Walter Reed Army Medical Center" href="/topic/health/hospitals-clinics/walter-reed-army-medical-center-PLCUL00020116.topic"></a>Walter Reed. Byler lost both his legs in a roadside bombing in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO00000021" title="Afghanistan" href="/topic/intl/afghanistan-PLGEO00000021.topic">Afghanistan</a>. Left, Marine Cpl. Kenneth Swartz of Camp Pendleton, who also lost his legs in the war.

( Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / December 22, 2010 )

Byler does core-strengthening exercises, including lifting weights on an unsteady surface, as part of his physical therapy at Walter Reed. Byler lost both his legs in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan. Left, Marine Cpl. Kenneth Swartz of Camp Pendleton, who also lost his legs in the war.

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