A nonprofit that trains disabled veterans to scuba dive is expanding to help more service men and women cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and heal from physical injuries.
JUPITER, Fla. — Approximately 500,000 men and women who bravely served in the U.S. military over the last 13 years will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder ."Freedom, I guess, is the word. For me, being in the chair in the water, totally free," U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hack Albertson said about his experience with scuba diving.
Charley Wright and Matt Wilson founded LifeWaters about eight years ago. Since then, they've helped veterans in almost every U.S. state by adapting to their needs and training them to scuba dive. Albertson has participated in at least 300 scuba dives with LifeWaters. He's been to lakes and springs across the United States, and his most memorable dive was at Pearl Harbor.
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