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A Navy veteran with deep military roots, Michael Focareto now runs charitable powerhouse that has rallied free seats at sporting and entertainment events for our nation’s veterans. A 48-year-old veteran, who had suffered a massive IED attack and took bullets to the body during his U.S. Army service in Iraq and Afghanistan, normally could not tolerate crowds or loud noises. But when he received complimentary tickets for his favorite band, Shinedown, he sang every lyric with gusto during the two-hour concert, his amazed wife wrote to Michael Focareto. Though her husband had suffered from addiction, PTSD, suicidal thoughts and cancer, …