SFC Christopher “Chris” Livesay

New Braunfels, TX

Mission Accomplished on June 12, 2021

Inspired by his family’s legacy of military service, Christopher Livesay enlisted in the military at the age of 17 in 1990.

On April 7, 2003, during his second deployment, Sergeant First Class Livesay was shot in the left knee while serving with the 5th Special Forces Group in Iraq, resulting in severe injuries to his left leg.

He was medically evacuated to a local hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Stateside, he was tranferred to Walter Reed Medical Center, where doctors amputated his left leg after a bacterial infection in his wound caused septic shock.

Two months after receiving his first prosthetic, Chris returned to active Airborne status and became the first amputee to graduate from the Army’s Pathfinder school. He was also named the 2005 U.S. Army Special Operations Command Special Forces Medic of the Year. In 2010, he was assigned to the Army’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) in the sport of rowing. He was later assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, before retiring in 2014.

Chris and his wife, Catherine, have two children. Chris loves cooking for his family but the task was challenging in his previous home because the kitchen was not wheelchair accessible. He was forced to stand on his prosthetic when preparing food, which was often painful for him. A specially adapted custom HFOT home allows him to safely prepare meals in an accessible kitchen. “I spend less time worrying about life and more time enjoying my family and doing things I love such as hunting, fishing, and volunteering,” he says.

Originally from Texas, Chris chose to build in his home state.

Chris is grateful to HFOT donors and supporters. “What you give is not just a home but the hope and freedom necessary for us to move forward with our new lives. Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts.”

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