welldone
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- colorado springs, co
heres a little back ground on me. i joing the army right after hich school in 97. i was in for 10 years. i worked as a military police dog handler. i went to iraq in june of 2005. while i was in iraq i was attached to the 10th mountain in norther baghdad. on dec 11, 2005 i was going out for a 3 day mission. we where only like 6 min. outside the gate. when the truck i was ridding in hit an IED. come to find out later that IED was an anti-tank mine. i was the right rear passenger in the truck. when we hit the IED i was ejected from the truck. when i was ejected from the truck i was thrown out and over the truck. i ended up landing in the on coming traffic lanes. so basically i was a human fire ball flying threw the air. when i hit the ground i stood up and opened my eyes, only to see the flames coming up from my body. so i yelled for someone to get over and help me, but no one came. so i called down and went with what they taught us to do as kids stop drop and roll. so i did that but all the ammo pouches i had on my vest was still allowing air to get to the flames. so i had to stand back up and took off my vest and rolled in the dirt again. but this time it worked. so after i got most of the flames out, i got back up and put out the rest of the fire with hands while looking for my partner Dak. but i couldn't find him, they told me later on when i was in the hospital that my dog Dak had passed away and he didn't make it out of the truck. but he gave his life to save mine. so i spent 4 months in the hospital, a little over 2 years total going threw rehab and surgeries. i have had 18 surgeries. i was burned on 54% of my body had a right broken ankle, broken wrist, and a dislocated elbow. so know i have a rod the run about half the length of my right for arm and pins and screws in my right ankle as well. if you'd like to now more feel free and ask i have no problem talking about it. :explosion
. Thanks, Steve
