A Long Island man who served in the Marines and lost both legs below the knees after stepping on a bomb in Afghanistan was sworn in Friday as possibly the first fully active duty double amputee police officer in the country. Matias Ferreira, 28, graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy in Brentwood, L.I. He told Fox 5 New York he isn’t worried if he breaks a leg on the job. The 2011 blast in Afghanistan shattered his legs, forcing doctors to amputate. “To watch my husband achieve his dream that I think most people would thing wasn’t even possible is really special,” she told the station.

Source: Fox News March 25, 2017 14:08 UTC