Wounded Vet Rebuilds Life With Fudge Business

A wounded veteran who is blind and nearly deaf has rebuilt his life by creating a new fudge business.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Hale, who served in the U.S. Army for 14 years, started confectionary business Extra Ordinary Delight Opens a New Window. after Building Homes for Heroes gifted him a customary house. The business originated from Hale’s quest of creating a great Thanksgiving dinner for his family. . .

The couple secured a commercial kitchen growing the business exponentially with corporate clients like Boeing and the Royal Bank of Canada. . .

In 2011, during his final tour in Afghanistan, one of the improvised explosive devices blew up in his face, leaving him blind and injuring his ear drum. Later in 2015, Hale developed a severe case of bacterial meningitis that would eventually take what was left of his hearing.

“It was six months of complete silence, complete darkness as I would receive surgery and implants in both my ears,” he said on “Countdown to the Closing Bell Opens a New Window. .” (Read more from “Wounded Vet Rebuilds Life With Fudge Business” HERE)

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