Columbia, SC (WLTX)- Purple Heart recipient Steven Diaz recalls the first time he heard fireworks after being injured in Iraq.
He and a group of other veterans recovering at a hospital decided to go out and see a wrestling match.
“I remember at the beginning of the show they had fireworks shoot out, as just kind of an entrance in the beginning of the show” he said. “More than half of the veterans who were there all threw themselves on the ground. And we didn’t know why. We just, we just reacted.”
Diaz, along with many other combat veterans, suffers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
“In the middle of the night if you hear the fireworks or if you hear the loud noises it can trigger those memories that we’ve locked away, or haven’t been able to deal with yet,” he said.
As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, he wants everyone to make sure you know if a veteran lives near you, and most importantly, not to shoot fireworks at random days and times, especially late at night.
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