SUNRISE (CBSMiami) – Every Friday, in partnership with the Florida Panthers, we put the spotlight on a hero among us, men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country.
This week we’re meeting retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Patrick Zeigler.
Sergeant Zeigler signed up for the Army in 2005 as a Calvary Scout, they are considered the “eyes and ears of the army”.
“I was deployed twice to Iraq. Our job was to identify and basically destroy the enemy” said Sergeant Zeigler.
He managed to make it out safely but little did he know four years after he enlisted, and after two tours of duty in Iraq, his life would forever change back home at Fort Hood.