Wounded Warriors to bike to Florida Keys

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  Hal Honeyman, left, a bike tech for the Wounded Warrior Project, watches as Army Staff Sgt. Russell Dennison, 24, from Illinois, takes off on a bike for the first time since losing both legs in Afghanistan. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Hal Honeyman, left, Wounded Warrior Project bike tech, fits a bike for Army Staff Sgt. Russell Dennison, right, 24, who lost both legs in Afghanistan. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Brian Schiefer, 29, from Miramar Beach, clowns around as he tests his bike, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, after getting adjustments for his ride to Key West. Schiefer will ride to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Army specialist Calvin Todd, 24, from New Hampshire, gets fitted for a bike helmet, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Todd, who lost his leg in Afghanistan in October, will ride to Key West with about 50 other "wounded warriors." MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Josh Wetzel, from Alabama, watches Carlos Garzon, Wounded Warrior Project bike tech, Wednesday, January 9, 2013, ready his ride for the long trip he will take to Key West. About 50 "wounded warriors," disabled vets from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict are in town to start a bike ride to Key West, with the help of the Wounded Warriors Project. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  With the City of Miami ahead, Coast Guard veteran Paul Johnson, 36, cruises over the Venetian Causeway on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Johnson and several dozen other wounded veterans, rode through the city as part of a "Soldier Ride." MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Army Staff Sgt. Russell Dennison, front, 24, from Illinois, cruises over the Venetian Causeway on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Dennison rides this bike for the first time since he lost both legs in Afghanistan in October. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Michael Shane Zavodny, 40, Army retiree, from Weston, Nebraska, glides over Venetian Causeway on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. He and dozens of other wounded veterans embarked on their first day of "Soldier Ride," as they head toward Marlins Park, on the first leg of their trip to Key West. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Army Staff Sgt.Paul Cornett, 43, front, is the last of dozens of wounded veterans to cross the Venetian Causeway on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, heading to Marlins Park. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF