Omar “Cripsy” Avila – Retired Army Sergeant, Purple Heart Recipient, and Paralympic Record Holder!

Omar "Cripsy" Avila - Retired Army Sergeant, Purple Heart Recipient, and Paralympic Record Holder!

For episode 31 of the Kill the Quit podcast, we are joined by Omar “Cripsy” Avila, a retired Army sergeant, Purple Heart recipient, Combat Infantry Badge Recipient, and Paralympic record holder. Crispy and Zinno chat about Omar’s childhood aspirations for joining the military, having to choose between college football and military service, his initial deployment thoughts, the incredible story of how he was nearly killed in action by multiple IEDs, his recovery from the multitude of injuries he suffered as a result of the IEDs, his post-accident weightlifting career, and more.

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