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daniel was on his belly 10 yards in the other direction now looking back at me and he wasn t movie. they carried me off the battlefield and my eye began to swell shut and they took grear off as well and i didn t know if i was going to make it or not but it was part of the gig, you know. so i was kneeling next to him and his stretcher and talking to him. he said, sir, i m so sorry i let you down. you know, just speaks to the heart and character of a marine like sergeant jones at a time he s not sure he ll make it through a helicopter ride, all his thoughts are with the rest of us. joey: two days later they woke me up in a hospital in germany and i asked the nurse where s grear and looked at me and smiled and said, don t worry, hon, you ll walk again. what was really impactful about that moment that took me years to understand was she didn t
tell me what i wanted to hear. she told me what i needed to hear in that moment. the truth was corporal daniel grear s family was taking him off life support in that same day if not in that very moment and he didn t make it. she told me the most positive and truthful thing she could was if i focused on me, i would walk again. i feel great. i didn t lose my legs. i was given a second chance at life. will: just an incredible story. one we re honored you re sharing with us on this anniversary, joey. joey: yeah, listen, i wasn t alone that day. i worked as a two man team. i had staff sergeant eric cher, a marine with me and he was tech technically my team leader and worked with him through the whole deployment. i don t talk with him much and, eric, if you re out there watching, i m thinking about you and let s connect. carley: what do you remember
killed with 30 person service member along with 8 others. it s august 6, 2020, august 6, 2011 was that day and we remember it in infamy. we honor those people and today is also just an important day for me, will. will: it is, we appreciate you sharing this story with us. it is your live day. joey: yeah. will: yeah, 12 years to the day when your life was changed forever in afghanistan. we know your story. lost your legs and lost your good friend as well. joey: yeah, that s the most important part. i live in honor of daniel greay and every marine i served with and soldier that we left there but we brought home. we brought them home in our hearts and memories home. daniel grear being the one that s closest to me. carley: you shot a piece on fox nation with danielle and your
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