Memoir: Duckworth's Daily Present and Helicopter Legs

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Explore the extraordinary journey of Senator Tammy Duckworth from her days as an Iraq War veteran to her present role. Discover the remarkable events that shaped her into the inspiring individual she is today, including her harrowing experience losing her legs in a helicopter attack.

Join Tammy Duckworth on a remarkable journey in her book, "Each Day Is a Present," as she shares the incredible and true stories of her unique life experiences. In a pivotal moment in November 2004, a devastating incident involving an Iraqi RPG shattered the cockpit of her U.S. Military Black Hawk helicopter, resulting in the loss of her legs and severe damage to her arm. This event marked a significant turning point for Duckworth, yet as she reveals in "Each Day Is a Present," it was just one of many extraordinary twists in her extraordinary life.

Duckworth, the biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother, faced discrimination, poverty, and the horrors of war all before turning 16. Her childhood involved dodging bullets while escaping war-ravaged Phnom Penh, and as a teenager in Hawaii, she sold roses on the roadside to fend off hunger and homelessness. These adversities cultivated a fierce resilience in her, a quality that would prove invaluable in her future endeavors.

Duckworth joined the Military, changing into one in all a handful of feminine helicopter pilots in the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She served eight months in Iraq earlier than an rebel’s RPG shot down her helicopter, an assault that took her legs—and practically took her life. She then spent 13 months recovering at Walter Reed, studying to stroll once more on prosthetic legs and planning her return to the cockpit. However Duckworth discovered a brand new mission after assembly her state’s senators, Barack Obama and Dick Durbin. After successful two phrases as a U.S. Consultant, she received election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. And he or she and her husband Bryan fulfilled one other dream when she gave beginning to 2 daughters, changing into the primary sitting senator to offer beginning.

From childhood to motherhood and past,
Each Day Is a Present is the outstanding story of one in all America’s most devoted public servants.