Akron Public Library

After losing his leg in a climbing accident, Craig DeMartino talks about returning to rock climbing and working with disabled veterans to go on rock climbing adventures in Colorado's outdoors.

"A small town struggling, like many communities, with the question of how to remain vital and vibrant in the 21st century, took on another problem altogether: that of the difficult homecoming of Iraq, Afghanistan and other war veterans. Melanie Kline knows a little boy who tenses when his family goes to the airport. He's sure his father is headed for another deployment in Afghanistan. The child's father is dearer to him and his world a little less...