 And finally, a fateful encounter near a bike path as an 88-year-old traveling regularly from his home and monument to the VA hospital in Aurora. Military veteran Mark Maloney had been a mountain climber and a triathlete before it came to a screeching halt four years ago. He was biking on the Santa Fe Trail near downtown Colorado Springs when he veered off the trail and crashed. He could have died had it not been for a complete stranger happening upon the scene, another soldier, medic Chris Brown. I knew it was pretty bad.