Michael Simon was impacted by the events that happened on 9/11 twenty years ago this September. It moved him to join the Minnesota Army National Guard and was called up to Iraq about two years later and was deployed there for nearly two years. After returning stateside, a tumor was discovered that essentially ended his military service and affected his physical and mental health. Since then though, sports have made a difference. He skis and instructs with Courage Kenny (a Move United member) and did his first triathlon in 2011 and has been a Dare2Tri athlete. Service is still important to him and finds ways to give back to the adaptive sports community.