Medal recipient will guest on Late Show tonight
Former Fort Carson Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg will take to the airwaves Monday night during an appearance on the CBS network’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The Medal of Honor recipient was feted at the White House and the Pentagon last week for his life-risking tackle of a suicide bomber that saved the lives of about two dozen comrades in Afghanistan on Aug. 8, 2012.
President Barack Obama said Groberg “put it all on the line for his teammates” by pushing the bomber away from his fellow troops. The bomber detonated and the blast left Groberg with a severely injured left leg and a permanent limp.
Groberg will share the Late Show stage with artist Shepard Fairey and political satirist Bill Maher.
The show will air at 10:30 p.m. on Colorado Springs CBS affiliate KKTV.
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