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Morgan Watt honored as Lightning Community Hero

TAMPA BAY – during the first period of tonight’s game against the Calgary Flames. Watt, who received a $50,000 The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Morgan Watt as the seventh Lightning Community Hero of the yeardonation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to the Southeastern Guide Dogs.

Watt served in the military as a security police first responder and a K-9 handler in which explosive detection, hyper vigilance and instant reaction were normal. In his second career as a pilot, he suffered underlying symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that led him to end his career.