POP – THE BEST OF 2017 – Matias Ferreira
Inspiration and Consternation Matias Ferreira Matias Ferreira, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who lost both legs below the knee after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2011, became the first double amputee police officer in Suffolk County, New York last week. Ferreria and his fellow Marines were on a night mission searching a compound for terrorists …