CHAMPAIGN — Steve Baskis grew up in a family that was never rooted in one place. They relocated often because of his father's job; before going to high school, Steve lived in four different states.

Soldier Steve Baskis was driving an armored vehicle in Baghdad in 2008 when he was gravely injured. Shrapnel from an explosion cut through his optic nerves, blinding him. But since the accident, ...

This week, a group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, many with disabilities, marked Sept. 11 by climbing two peaks in Yosemite National Park.... For Wounded Vets, Climbing Half Dome Only Half The ...

No obstacle is too difficult to climb. That message permeated throughout former U.S. Army soldier Steve Baskis’ speech at the Dothan Civic Center on Thursday morning. Speaking to a group of soldiers ...

Steve Baskis, an Iraq Army veteran, lost his eyesight in 2008 when an improvised explosive device blew up his company’s armored vehicle, killing a friend and cutting through the front of Baskis’ head ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Since May 13, 2008, retired U.S. Army Spc. Steve Baskis has seen the world from a different perspective. That day, while providing security as a member of the 4th Infantry Division, ...

Ever since he was young, Steve Baskis wanted to serve in the military like his father and grandfather before him. But just eight months into his deployment in Iraq, in May 2008, Baskis lost his vision ...

On May 13, 2008, Steve Baskis’ life changed forever when he was injured in combat by a roadside bomb in Iraq. A piece of shrapnel cut through his temple, taking out both of his eyes and leaving him ...

When shrapnel exploded into Steve Baskis’ body, the soldier lost his eyesight but not his will to live in a suddenly different world. A world without colors, without light and without the faces and ...

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