Crystal Pyramid Productions digital video crew shot an interview with Paralympian, Casey Tibbs. After losing his leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001, Tibbs remained in the U.S. Navy on active duty and became the first active-duty military personnel to compete for the U.S. Paralympic Team at the Paralympic Games in 2004. In addition to winning a silver medal in the Pentathlon, he was part of the gold medal-winning 4x100m U.S. Paralympic Relay Team in Athens, Greece. 2008 in Beijing, China also proved to be a success for Casey as he brought home a gold and new world record for the Relay 4x100m.
After the Paralympic Games, Tibbs was deployed to Afghanistan for eight months to work as a cryptologic technician. When he returned to the U.S., Tibbs helped out with the 2005 Paralympic Military Summit in San Diego, and then headed on another deployment, this time to Sao Paulo, Brazil. When he returned from the second deployment, he and his wife relocated from San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California.
Since moving to the west coast, Tibbs has been able to be very active in his athletic and military careers. In May 2006, he began training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., in addition to his work at the U.S. Naval Medical Center-San Diego as a peer counselor to amputees returning from war.