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Jeff Bezos, Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Equality Award Honoree

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The Human Rights Campaign honored Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos with their 2017 Equality Award for his support of the LGBTQ community.

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Press Release 1995

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At a time when pundits are questioning the advantages of shopping online, Amazon.com offers consumers a shopping experience that would be impossible without the Internet. A physical bookstore as big as Amazon.com is economically impossible because no single metropolitan area is large enough to support such a mammoth store.

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Amazon is sponsoring the Warrior Games and backing competitors like gold medalist Danny Dudek
Update: Since this story was first published, US Army Col. Danny Dudek won six medals in the 2017 Warrior Games including three gold and two silver in swimming, as well as a bronze medal in cycling.
In a racing wheelchair customized for him, Col. Danny Dudek sets out on his daily ride. But no matter how far, how fast, how fiercely he rides, he can never escape that day in Iraq-July 19, 2007.

Once you get finally put back together, it can hit veterans like a ton of bricks-what are we going to do now? And at Amazon, we want to be one of those answers. - Tim Bomke, Amazon Military Program Manager

Dudek was in one of the two back hatches of a Stryker vehicle when it was hit by an improvised explosive device. The blast killed Cpl. Brandon Craig. Dudek suffered a spinal cord injury that left him with little mobility in his legs.

With his wife Megan by his side, Dudek began working on his recovery. Every morning Dudek climbs into his racing wheelchair and hits the road. Megan rides alongside him. Nerve pain from his injury still interferes, but adaptive sports have been a powerful antidote.

"I rarely have nerve pain on a ride like this," said Dudek. "A doctor can tell you you've been hurt a certain way and they can tell you this is how it's going to affect your life. But they're not going to be able to tell you how to live with it. It's the community that tells you how to live with it, people with like injuries."

That community is why Dudek is once again training for the Warrior Games. Organized by the Department of Defense, the Warrior Games bring together injured and ill service members and veterans. Dudek competes in wheelchair racing, hand cycling, and swimming-a sport that's already netted him seven gold medals from previous games.

"I'm very proud to be able to get out here and overcome the thoughts I initially had, thinking, 'I can't golf and I can't ride a bike, I can't do all these things anymore.' They were all just illusions. I can climb Mt. Rainier if I want to," he said.

Amazon is one of the sponsors of the Warrior Games, thanks in large part to the efforts of Tim Bomke, an Army veteran who is a manager on Amazon's military hiring team. Bomke lost his right leg after an IED blast in 2005. Bomke's new mission is to remind wounded warriors of what's possible through his work at Amazon and events like the Warrior Games.

"Once you get finally put back together, it can hit veterans like a ton of bricks-what are we going to do now? And at Amazon, we want to be one of those answers for employment and new opportunities."

For Dudek it will always be about powering through life's headwinds, remembering to enjoy the ride and maybe even finish first.

"I'm thankful I'm alive. I want to be the guy to be in first place."
Amazon currently employs more than 10,000 veterans and military spouses, and plans to hire and train an additional 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2021. Learn more by visiting Amazon's military recruiting site

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Amazon is sponsoring the Warrior Games and backing competitors like gold medalist Danny Dudek Update: Since this story was first published, US Army Col. Danny Dudek won six medals in the 2017 Warrior Games including three gold and two silver in swimming, as well as a bronze medal in cycling.

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About Amazon - In The Community - Amazon Volunteers

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Amazon employees are also very active in the community, and we're proud to support their efforts. These activities run the gamut-employee-run toy drives around the holidays, food bank and clothing collection campaigns, sponsoring and coaching little league teams, serving on boards, and investing time into ensuring their favorite local organizations are helping as many people as possible.

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Around the world, there are millions of sellers, authors, and developers using Amazon products and services to reach new customers, publish their books, and build and grow their businesses. And they are supported every day by more than 300,000 Amazon employees. See what we're doing in your state.

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Jeff Bezos, Founder

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