I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm Ross Douthard.

I'm Frank Bruney, and this is the argument.

12 years ago, I was co-piloting a black hawk helicopter

over Iraq.

A rocket propell grenade ripped through our cockpit,

and I am only here tonight because of the miracles that

followed.

Some I can explain, like the bravery of my crew,

determine not to leave me behind.

Some I can't, like the shrapnel from the explosion,

passing through the spinning rotor blades

without destroying them, allowing us to land.

What I do know is that I started that day doing what I loved.

I ended it knocked down, surviving only because my body's

refused to leave me and wouldn't stop, even as they

struggle to carry my body with its missing limbs.

Senator Tammy Duckworth is a fighter and a trailblazer.

She became an Army helicopter pilot and flew combat missions

in Iraq where she lost both legs and earned a purple heart.

Determined to continue serving her country back home,

she won election to Congress, where she spent four years

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