Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Gary Sinise plans benefit show for veteran
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Actor Gary Sinise will bring his band to a fundraiser for a Pennsylvania soldier who lost both legs and a hand while fighting in Afghanistan.
Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band will play at a benefit show in August for Adam Keys. The Army corporal from Whitehall Township, Northampton County was wounded in an insurgent attack in July 2010 that also killed four soldiers.
Sinise runs a foundation that builds custom homes for wounded veterans. One of Sinise’s memorable roles was Lt. Dan Taylor, the amputee veteran in “Forrest Gump.”
Keys says he’s had more than 120 surgeries but he’s “still here to bother everybody.”
The show is scheduled for August 17 at the State Theatre in Easton.