Jay Surprises a Veteran - Jay Leno's Garage

specialist Stephanie Mora suggests exchange birthday gifts with a roommate when the grenades hit two RPGs came in back-to-back I was on the ground and I seen everybody else laying there I started screaming [Music] she wrapped her present a Mickey Mouse blanket around her best friend to stop the bleeding it was something you never want to see it would your own child just land flat in that be it with you know tubes and blood everywhere and it was just it was too much it's the day that she lived and they didn't it was a day that she fell asleep in one country and woke up in another and it was a day that she looked down and her body wasn't the same she spent the next three years at Walter Reed fighting to save her leg when I first got some wants to read I was in denial about everything I didn't want to talk to anybody how do you push for when you were the only survivor and the other four were kie slowly through the sport she once loved Stephanie found her way back she went from a loner to in my opinion to face of Walter Reed she's everywhere there isn't a person here that doesn't know her or hasn't heard her laugh a wheel through their hallways and after three dozen failed surgeries she'd had enough on July 4th doctors amputated Stephanie's leg he always hear about the greatest generation but you realize every generation that fights is really the greatest generation if I can do something to help her or just make her smile or laugh hey I've done my job I hope you know what's going on I'm guessing that Stephanie okay this looks hard you want to play I can tell what I'm being hustled yeah let's put money on it yeah yeah and put your feet back on back here somebody clip me like me okay you guys play hard so close though I obviously have no game we do have one thing in common we both like to go fast we can race in wheelchairs and even faster [Music] I ready for some real wheels yeah thank you for time you're crazy it's a beautiful day [Music] today for convertible and a great heart-to-heart as we cruise through Virginia along the banks of the Potomac so the worst part is over now um yeah regardless of what those Oy the words of what my life is gonna be there's nothing I can't overcome you want to give this thing a try sure okay now I'm gonna be a good driver [Music] [Music] many sports cars no it's the first sports car you've ever driven yeah racist 150 cars yeah I'm probably that way with the shoes well there you go 70 pairs 70 yeah we covered a lot of ground on a little road trip Stephanie study to become a nurse she's engaged to be married and she misses her mom back in Ohio if I would've known you were gonna be here maybe I would have floored down here yeah all right mom Vernon half-a-mile this is George Washington's house he'll pull up here I'll show you time for a little history left this is amazing so you never been here huh no this is commander-in-chief's house yes we're Washington Sat [Music] it's a soldier what do you feel like my heart's beating a little fast actually just be sitting up here where your commander-in-chief was it's like dream come true actually yeah George Washington Saturn is very porch and looked over here and you got time to sit up here and reflect on everything I mean so much history you've never seen this Memorial have you know the Purple Heart was originated by George Washington self yeah and you've got one I do I mean that's pretty impressive it's really like just bittersweet yeah I know I think you mean you certainly deserve it [Music] hey doing all right well I go another thing for you let's go down here I'll show you the real reason I brought you down backwards there's one more surprise for Stephanie and brought our mom brother nephew in from Ohio hey Marcus what do you give that car jail let you drive I'll tell you what Marcus let you drive it and Stephanie can let you drive it's your car thanks for your service no it's your car thank you [Music] [Music]

Channel: Jay Leno's Garage

Views: 2,515,074

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Id: VshsK5vM0aM

Length: 7min 2sec (422 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 21 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/TheHapster]

Jay Leno certainly has good taste in cars.

[u/[deleted]]

I live like 5 minutes away from George Washingtons house. Wish I would have been on the parkway to race Jay.

[u/tunersharkbitten]

Jay is the kinda guy i WISH i could be.