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LEADING THE WAY. A LONG-AWAITED WELCOME HOME FOR A LOCAL VETERAN AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY GOT A LOOK AT THEIR NEW, FULLY EQUIPPED HOUSE IN MAINEVILLE. AND THIS WAS ALL MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DINDAK WAS AT THE NEW HOUSE AND HAS MORE ON THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR THE FAMILY. THE PROJECT WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING. TODAY, THE OHMER FAMILY GOT THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOUSE, UNLOCKING THEIR NEW HOME AND THEIR FUTURE. WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT ADAPTATIONS FOR THIS HOUSE THAT HAVE THAT IS IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER FOR ME IN MY LIFE AND IN MY FAMILY. THAT’S CORPORAL CHAD ULMER OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. IN 2012, HE WAS OVERSEAS IN HIS SECOND TOUR IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN HIS UNIT WAS STRUCK, TRIGGERING AN IED THAT BLEW HIM 20FT. HE ENDED UP LOSING HIS LEFT LEG. ACCESSIBILITY AT HIS OLD HOUSE WAS A NIGHTMARE. HE WAS UNABLE TO USE A WHEELCHAIR. THEN, IN 2021, THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION WALKED INTO HIS LIFE, BRINGING US TO TODAY HIS FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES HIS WIFE, TWO KIDS AND A PUPPY, OPENED THE DOOR TO A BRAND NEW HOME AND UNLOCKING A HIGHLY EQUIPPED LIFESTYLE. THE MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM HAS NOW RECEIVED A SENSE OF HIS OWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE DONE FOR MY FAMILY, FOR OTHERS, THE HOUSES THAT YOU’VE BUILT BEFORE ME AND THAT HAVE COME, THAT WILL COME AFTER ME. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU COULD EVER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US. FOR CORPORAL OMER, ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL PARTS OF THIS BUILD IS ACTUALLY OUT HERE. WHAT YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT IS A MEMORIAL. IT ACTUALLY OUTLINES SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE. HE SAID HE WOULD ALSO COME OUT HERE TO REMEMBER ALL OF HIS FELLOW MARINES WHO NEVER MADE IT HOME. IN MAINEVILLE DANIELLE DINDAK