Volunteers Renovate McLean Home for Returning Iraq War Veteran
Heroes at Home creates a safe environment for Capt. and Mrs. Horan.
Five years ago this month, Capt. Patrick Horan took a bullet to his head during a night operation in Baghdad, Iraq. "Pat was injured and we weren't sure he would make it," his wife Patty Horan said Tuesday. Surgeons removed half of his skull and the left side of his brain. "We didn't know if he would wake up or walk," Patty Horan said. Tuesday morning Capt. Horan stood beside his wife and gazed over the front yard of their new McLean home. The yard brimmed with family, friends and a army of volunteers who have spent the last seven months modifying a home on Old Dominion Road to create a safe environment for him to continue to rebuild his body and his life. "We are amazed by his recovery and the outpouring of the community," Patty Horan …
