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Holiday for Heroes: Bryan Anderson

Army veteran, Bryan Anderson, and Lidia Bastianich cook a shrimp pasta meal together.

Aired 12/16/2016 | Rating TV-PG

Lidia Celebrates America

Holiday for Heroes: Bryan Anderson

Clip: Season 2016 Episode 1 | 3m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Army veteran, Bryan Anderson, and Lidia Bastianich cook a shrimp pasta meal together.

Bryan Anderson served two tours of duty in Iraq before he lost both legs and his left hand to an IED. In this clip he and Lidia Bastianich cook a shrimp pasta meal together.

Aired 12/16/2016 | Rating TV-PG

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