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Published on May 01, 2008
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Daniel Kramer
I...Am...IRON MAN. (Cue crunching guitar riff.) This is actually not Tony Stark touching up his costume; it's former Marine Eusebio Collazo, 26, training at a free learn-to-weld program by the giant engineering firm Fluor. Collazo, who served in Iraq before being injured by a mortar in 2005, hopes to work on constructing the first new nuclear plant to be built in the United States in 30 years. To view image larger, click here.
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