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Overcoming odds

By Kyle Carter
ESPNOutdoors.com

Monday, May 18, 2009

Manhattan Cup photo galleries | Manhattan Cup NEW YORK — The first thing you notice about 31-year-old Michael Fradera is his smile, which is saying something considering he lost both his legs to a roadside bomb on August 17, 2007, while serving his second tour for the Army in Iraq. He was standing on the floating docks of Pier 59, taking pictures and getting autographed from an emotional Wade Boggs after both had fished in the FCA Manhattan Cup. "Thank you for everything you've done," B ...

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