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MOTORCYCLE MISSIONS’ PTSD
CUSTOM GIVEAWAY
HELPING VETERANS HELP THEMSELVES
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n February of 2017, seven PTSD veterans were selected by 501(c)(3) nonprofit Motorcycle Missions to build a custom motorcycle for the 22nd annual Republic of Texas Motorcycle Rally in Austin, Texas. But the donor bike had humble beginnings. It belonged to ROT Rally co-founder Jerry Bragg and was a 1992 Harley-Davidson Softail Springer that the veterans jokingly dubbed “Jerry’s Springer.” That wasn’t the real name of the bike, however, and before the bike was raffled off to another lucky veteran in the crowd at the rally, the veterans appropriately named it “Salvador de Vida,” meaning “Life Saver.” “One evening I was sitting around and decided I had this bike and enjoyed it long enough,” Jerry explained, “so I wanted Motorcycle Missions to transform it into something very, very special, and I couldn’t be prouder.”
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