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Wounded veteran gets his first home thanks to the 'Helping a Hero 100 Challenge'

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  • Veteran receives new home with the "Helping a Hero 100 Challenge."
  • SSG Ross Cox was on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2011 when he stepped on an IED. The explosion caused him to lose his left leg and damaged his right arm and leg.
  • The home is fully adapted.
  • To nominate a veteran who was injured in the war, click here.

A Hardee County grandmother is on trial this week for leaving her 7-month-old granddaughter in a hot car where the baby died —the second grandchild to die under Tracey Nix's care. ABC Action News I-Team Reporter Kylie McGivern sat down with Kaila Nix just days ahead of her mother's trial for aggravated manslaughter.

Trial begins Monday for woman who left 7-month-old granddaughter in hot car