Nick Lavery

Regardless, of course, without knowing how long that is. In my case, I was supremely confident that that was maybe 30, 60, 90 seconds. So what do you want to do with the rest of your life? The next minute and a half. And I glance over and I see some of my teammates that were wounded about 10, 12 feet from me. And so I just dragged myself over to where those guys were.

Regardless, of course, without knowing how long that is. In my case, I was supremely confident that that was maybe 30, 60, 90 seconds. So what do you want to do with the rest of your life? The next minute and a half. And I glance over and I see some of my teammates that were wounded about 10, 12 feet from me. And so I just dragged myself over to where those guys were.

Regardless, of course, without knowing how long that is. In my case, I was supremely confident that that was maybe 30, 60, 90 seconds. So what do you want to do with the rest of your life? The next minute and a half. And I glance over and I see some of my teammates that were wounded about 10, 12 feet from me. And so I just dragged myself over to where those guys were.

And the first guy I got to was our senior medic. His name was Elliot, who had treated me

And the first guy I got to was our senior medic. His name was Elliot, who had treated me

And the first guy I got to was our senior medic. His name was Elliot, who had treated me

many times on that with deployment and he had taken a round through his calf but he had a tourniquet on and he was in stable condition but he was feeling every ounce of discomfort that comes with a properly applied tourniquet i mean when that thing's on right it sucks as you know so i just thought i'd i'd do what i could to distract him and

many times on that with deployment and he had taken a round through his calf but he had a tourniquet on and he was in stable condition but he was feeling every ounce of discomfort that comes with a properly applied tourniquet i mean when that thing's on right it sucks as you know so i just thought i'd i'd do what i could to distract him and

many times on that with deployment and he had taken a round through his calf but he had a tourniquet on and he was in stable condition but he was feeling every ounce of discomfort that comes with a properly applied tourniquet i mean when that thing's on right it sucks as you know so i just thought i'd i'd do what i could to distract him and

Thank him for everything he did for me as a teammate, as a medic, everything he taught me as a man. And that's how this game of life would end. And I was surprisingly okay with that. Sure enough, I did kind of fade to black and I thought that was it. And then I came back again.

Thank him for everything he did for me as a teammate, as a medic, everything he taught me as a man. And that's how this game of life would end. And I was surprisingly okay with that. Sure enough, I did kind of fade to black and I thought that was it. And then I came back again.

Thank him for everything he did for me as a teammate, as a medic, everything he taught me as a man. And that's how this game of life would end. And I was surprisingly okay with that. Sure enough, I did kind of fade to black and I thought that was it. And then I came back again.

And that process happened like 10 or 12 times until eventually I came to and I was being carried on a stretcher and I was being loaded on a helicopter to be medevaced, which was almost two hours later.

And that process happened like 10 or 12 times until eventually I came to and I was being carried on a stretcher and I was being loaded on a helicopter to be medevaced, which was almost two hours later.

And that process happened like 10 or 12 times until eventually I came to and I was being carried on a stretcher and I was being loaded on a helicopter to be medevaced, which was almost two hours later.

About eight or nine days. They had to get you stable first? They had to get me stable first. Yeah, they medevaced me to an outpost. I had some treatment there. Some mistakes were made there for sure that caused things to get even that much more challenging. From there, I arrived at Bagram basically completely dead.

About eight or nine days. They had to get you stable first? They had to get me stable first. Yeah, they medevaced me to an outpost. I had some treatment there. Some mistakes were made there for sure that caused things to get even that much more challenging. From there, I arrived at Bagram basically completely dead.

About eight or nine days. They had to get you stable first? They had to get me stable first. Yeah, they medevaced me to an outpost. I had some treatment there. Some mistakes were made there for sure that caused things to get even that much more challenging. From there, I arrived at Bagram basically completely dead.

hooked up to a bunch of machines and those machines kept me kind of alive for about a week. And then I just kind of came back and then it took another day or two for me to get stable enough to survive a flight to Germany. Was there for a day in Germany is where they amputated my leg up to my knee because everything below that was just dead. And then I arrived at Walter Reed the day after that.

hooked up to a bunch of machines and those machines kept me kind of alive for about a week. And then I just kind of came back and then it took another day or two for me to get stable enough to survive a flight to Germany. Was there for a day in Germany is where they amputated my leg up to my knee because everything below that was just dead. And then I arrived at Walter Reed the day after that.