12 Years After Losing Her Legs In Helicopter Crash, Tammy Duckworth Is A Senator

Tammy Duckworth's ascension to the Senate follows humble beginnings and a storied military history.
Nearly 12 years to the day after a rocket-propelled grenade downed the Army helicopter she was co-piloting over Iraq, Tammy Duckworth prepared Wednesday to become Illinois’ next junior U.S. senator, recapturing for Democrats the seat once held by President Barack Obama.