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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Nature's Healing Power on Appalachian Trail' data-article-id='5706'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13521'>On a recent sunny day, hikers stood at an entry point on the Appalachian Trail near Hawk Mountain in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.</span> <span data-start-time='13521' data-end-time='25438'>Some rested and drank water as they prepared to continue hiking on the 3,508-kilometer walking path. </span> <span data-start-time='25438' data-end-time='33083'>The Appalachian Trail stretches from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south.</span> <span data-start-time='33083' data-end-time='39000'>One of the hikers is Mario Kovach, a war veteran. </span> <span data-start-time='39000' data-end-time='58229'>On his right arm are the last names of many soldiers permanently written, or tattooed -- Solesbee, Bell, Schwartz, Seidler, Miller, Moss -- just to name a few.</span> <span data-start-time='58229' data-end-time='66021'>They were all members of the U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. </span> <span data-start-time='66021' data-end-time='69646'>And they all died in battle. </span> <span data-start-time='69646' data-end-time='74250'>They had the dangerous job of defusing bombs. </span> <span data-start-time='74250' data-end-time='79646'>That was also Kovach’s job for 20 years in the Air Force. </span> <span data-start-time='79646' data-end-time='84313'>Kovach retired in 2018. </span> <span data-start-time='84313' data-end-time='91563'>He served five tours of duty in Afghanistan without serious injury to his body. </span> <span data-start-time='91563' data-end-time='95188'>However, his mental health suffered.</span> <span data-start-time='95188' data-end-time='103000'>So, he has been treating his mental health on the trail and in other places in nature. </span> <span data-start-time='103000' data-end-time='112188'>He shared his experiences of healing on the trails with a reporter from the Associated Press.</span> <span data-start-time='112188' data-end-time='117083'>“Nature is nothing that man controls,” Kovach said. </span> <span data-start-time='117083' data-end-time='126667'>He added that it is both the natural environment and the peace and quiet that has helped him heal.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/dancing.wav'><span>dancing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/hiking.wav'><span>hiking</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/skiiing.wav'><span>skiiing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/teaching.wav'><span>teaching</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17621 data-hint-location='69646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/what_does_defusing_mean.wav'>What does defusing mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='removing the fuse from an explosive device in order to prevent it from exploding'><div class='choice' 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data-question-id=17622 data-hint-location='25438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/in_which_two_states_does_the_appalachian_trail_begin_and_end.wav'>In which two states does the Appalachian Trail begin and end?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Georgia and Maine'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/georgia_and_maine.wav'><span>Georgia and Maine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/pennsylvania_and_new_york.wav'><span>Pennsylvania and New York</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5166/california_and_washington.wav'><span>California and Washington</span></div><div class='choice' 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