{"id":804384,"date":"2020-02-19T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379204"},"modified":"2020-02-19T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T00:00:31","slug":"wounded-army-veteran-and-his-family-move-into-accessible-mortgage-free-home-in-silverthorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/wounded-army-veteran-and-his-family-move-into-accessible-mortgage-free-home-in-silverthorne\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded Army veteran and his family move into accessible, mortgage-free home in Silverthorne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sgt. Brandon Adam raises the American flag outside his new home in Silverthorne.<\/strong>
Courtesy Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

SILVERTHORNE \u2014 Sgt. Brandon Adam, his wife and two daughters moved into their new home Saturday, Feb. 15, in Silverthorne. The home is customized for Adam, who lost both his legs during his service in the U.S. Army after enlisting following the 9\/11 attacks. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter (9\/11), it was something I had to do,\u201d Adam said in a news release. \u201cIt was the best decision I ever made, and I wouldn\u2019t change a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam lost his legs during his second tour of duty in Iraq when his vehicle hit an explosive. His family\u2019s new home has been built to allow Adam to live as independently as possible. The single-level home is wheelchair accessible, has an automatic front door and accessories like a stove that can be raised and lowered to wheelchair height. <\/p>\n

The home was built and paid for by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation as part of its Smart Home Program.<\/p>\n

Foundation spokesman Trevor Tamsen said Adam was recommended by a friend, and the foundation contacted him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process started about three years ago when he got into the program,\u201d Tamsen said. \u201cAnd then we work with a veteran to find a place to live, to find a piece of land, and then they\u2019re very involved in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam and his family were living in Woodland Park, near Colorado Springs, at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a friend that I compete in sled hockey with that was a recipient,\u201d Adam said. \u201cWhen it all started, they just asked me where I wanted to have my forever home. My family and I have been traveling up to Copper Mountain for the last 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam said Summit County is a fun and practical fit for the family. Adam travels for sled hockey as a member of the Colorado Avalanche\u2019s triple-A sled hockey team, and he is training to make Team USA\u2019s national sled hockey team this summer. His wife is a school teacher, and Adam said she hopefully will work in the local school district once they are settled in. The family also values recreation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty active people, that\u2019s how I spend time with my kids,\u201d Adam said.<\/p>\n

Tamsen said that during the home-building process, participants can pick out details like paint and tiles. He pointed out that in addition to the technology that allows Adam to use the kitchen or automatically open the front door, there is plenty of space for Adam to completely turn around his wheelchair and there are no bumps in the floor he has to go over. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single room in this house is built for my chair to be able to do a 360,\u201d Adam said. \u201cThe bathrooms are fully accessible. Everything about this place is beyond what I thought it was going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can get back a lot of independence,\u201d Tamsen said.<\/p>\n

The Tunnels to Towers Foundation runs three main programs that have to do with people\u2019s homes: the Smart Home Program that Adam was involved in; the Fallen First Responder Program, which aims to pay off the mortgages of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty who leave behind young children; and the Gold Star Family Home Program, which provides mortgage-free homes to the families of service members killed in the line of duty who have small children. The foundation payed off the mortgage for the Jones family after the death of Summit Fire & EMS firefighter Ken Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to be part of this community, and I\u2019m going to definitely try to get involved,\u201d Adam said.<\/p>\n

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Sgt. Brandon Adam raises the American flag outside his new home in Silverthorne.Courtesy Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation SILVERTHORNE \u2014 Sgt. Brandon Adam, his wife and two daughters moved into their new home Saturday, Feb. 15, in Silverthorne. The home is customized for Adam, who lost both his legs during his service in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 04:55:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}