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Sgt. Philip LaBonte, who received his Purple Heart during the third quarter of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Detroit Lions football game in Detroit, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, lost his legs and an eye while fighting in Iraq, and is a Lions fan -- a big one. If you look closely at his glass eye, you realize how big. His glass eye has a Lions insignia on it. The Lions learned of LaBonte's story from Carol Ewing, who helped with the Toys for Soldiers program. When she told the Lions he was a fan, team officials worked to make Sunday's honor a reality as part of their Hometown Heroes program.
