Multiple news sources featured the December 3, 2015 announcement aboard New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum featuring President Bush, the George W. Bush Institute and Ken Fisher, Chairman & CEO of Invictus Games 2016. The event featured Invictus Games 2016 competitors who demonstrated sitting volleyball, an adaptive sport, for all attendees.
Invictus Games Orlando 2016 and the George W. Bush Institute announced a major initiative to address the invisible wounds of war, specifically Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), to ensure veterans and caregivers seek and receive comprehensive care and reduce the stigma associated with these wounds. In addition, the Institute will highlight the role sports and an active lifestyle play in a veterans’ recovery. To kick off the effort, President George W. Bush and Ken Fisher, Chairman and CEO of Invictus Games 2016, the world’s largest military adaptive sports competition sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover, announced the organizations will co-chair a policy symposium in Orlando in May 2016. President Bush will also serve as honorary chair for the 2016 Invictus Games.
Below is a partial list of the top online and print news coverage .
• AP, 12/03/2015, George W. Bush cheers on ‘invincible’ veterans for ’16 games
The Associated Press story was also posted on:
Additional media coverage included:
• Military Times, 12/04/2015, Bush to hold brain injury forum prior to Invictus Games
• ABC News, 12/03/2015, The Note: In the Shadow of a Shooting
• SYS-CON Media, 12/03/2015, George W. Bush Institute, In Partnership With The Invictus Games 2016, Announces Major Initiative To Address Invisible Wounds Of War; Role Of Sports In Recovery
