The community is coming together to try to help a local hero heal.On Veterans Day, there was a push to finish a fundraiser for Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart with a big boost.Lainhart was badly hurt in an attack during the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan in August. Family members said there is hope as she progresses in her recovery.Lainhart's uncle, Kevin Ingram, said she is determined to walk again. Right now, he said she cannot feel below her waist.In the meantime, the community is rallying around her."She's always wanted to be in the Marine Corps. She started basic military training when she was 17 years old, got injured when she was 19. She's now 20," Ingram said.He reflected on his niece's journey and her resilience.Ingram also remembered the punch in the gut, when he learned a young woman he considered practically a daughter was hurt in the attack at the Kabul Airport in August."It's devastating. I knew where she was. I knew that she had worked the Abbey Gate," Ingram said.Lainhart, 20, graduated from East Central High School in Dearborn County in 2019.Her family and fellow Marines have seen her grit and her strength as she recovers in Chicago at the Shirley Ryan facility.Her uncle said it is not a VA Hospital, so there will be additional costs.Ingram said she cannot walk, at least now, but that's no deterrent."Kelsee is a warrior. She is a Marine. She's got a positive attitude. She is going to walk again. She tells me that every time I talk to her. She's working very hard. They have all kinds of different treatments they're doing," Ingram said.People have rallied around her.Basco Shower Enclosures, where Ingram works, launched a fundraiser to help her, too.Basco Shower Enclosures ended up raising $40,000 for the 20-year-old. Over the course of two months, Basco raised more than $29,000 for Lainhart. At the end of the fundraiser, on Veterans Day, Basco contributed more than $10,000 bringing the raised total donation to $40,000.Basco Shower Enclosures is a family-owned company located in Mason.
The community is coming together to try to help a local hero heal.
On Veterans Day, there was a push to finish a fundraiser for Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart with a big boost.
Lainhart was badly hurt in an attack during the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan in August. Family members said there is hope as she progresses in her recovery.
Lainhart's uncle, Kevin Ingram, said she is determined to walk again. Right now, he said she cannot feel below her waist.
In the meantime, the community is rallying around her.
"She's always wanted to be in the Marine Corps. She started basic military training when she was 17 years old, got injured when she was 19. She's now 20," Ingram said.
He reflected on his niece's journey and her resilience.
Ingram also remembered the punch in the gut, when he learned a young woman he considered practically a daughter was hurt in the attack at the Kabul Airport in August.
"It's devastating. I knew where she was. I knew that she had worked the Abbey Gate," Ingram said.
Lainhart, 20, graduated from East Central High School in Dearborn County in 2019.
Her family and fellow Marines have seen her grit and her strength as she recovers in Chicago at the Shirley Ryan facility.
Her uncle said it is not a VA Hospital, so there will be additional costs.
Ingram said she cannot walk, at least now, but that's no deterrent.
"Kelsee is a warrior. She is a Marine. She's got a positive attitude. She is going to walk again. She tells me that every time I talk to her. She's working very hard. They have all kinds of different treatments they're doing," Ingram said.
People have rallied around her.
Basco Shower Enclosures, where Ingram works, launched a fundraiser to help her, too.
Basco Shower Enclosures ended up raising $40,000 for the 20-year-old. Over the course of two months, Basco raised more than $29,000 for Lainhart. At the end of the fundraiser, on Veterans Day, Basco contributed more than $10,000 bringing the raised total donation to $40,000.
Basco Shower Enclosures is a family-owned company located in Mason.
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