'He had to struggle to keep it together': Wounded warrior describes moving encounter with Iraqi cab driver

A veteran of the Iraq war, amputee and wounded warrior named J.R. Salzman has written an incredibly moving series of tweets based on a Dallas cab ride.

Here are Salzman’s tweets in Storify, and all tweets also appear below:

ICYMI Iraq War Veteran @jrsalzman told a touching story about a cab ride in Dallas last night: http://t.co/kdQrspxYQW

— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) January 9, 2014

Salzman’s tweets:

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421162035192143872
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421162377480912897
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421162790913441792

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421163311283974144

https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421163542062960640
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421164217853440000
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421164704891817984
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421165656684253184
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421165852012994560
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421166106343002112
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421166585122791424
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421166839234703361
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421167412013039616
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421167560684339201
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421168047114571777
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421168274055766016
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421168903885037569
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421169342705700865
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421170563944427520
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/421171123141627904

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What a touching story.

(h/t @Terry_Jim)

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