Lieutenant Colonel Tim Karcher was shot in the shoulder in Iraq back in 2006. After just 5 months of healing at home that included 7 surgeries, he chose to go back to war.
"My unit was over there, they were taking casualties. It felt terrible to be here, it felt wrong," he said.
Reunited with his troops, Karcher was in Baghdad last summer for the historic transfer of power from the U.S. to the Iraqis.
But 10 days after that historic day, Karcher's vehicle was bombed and he lost both of his legs in the explosion.
"I'm very proud of him, he's fought for his life, he fought the whole summer to stay alive and he's taking it and running with it, he's so positive," said Alesia Karcher, Tim's wife.
Karcher says the tragedy of losing his legs made him realize what he still had including a wife and three children who need him.
"I could sit around and have a pity party everyday, but it's not going to grow my legs back," he said. "Life kicks you in the teeth every now and again, you get to decide how you react to it."
You can read more about LTC Karcher here and here.
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We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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I think that all of us, no matter who we are or what we have experienced can never fully know the bravery of those who serve their/our countries. It is something to go to another land and fight - but it is entirely on a different elevation to give your life for your country. No matter how brave a person is they still have to overcome the fear that is within us all - like a point of creeping cold steel that buries its way deep from the top of the spine down to the small of the back. Not only do they feel the fear but they carry on with their mission and they do this for us. How could any of us really ever thank them or their families.
ReplyDeleteThese two little words are very little but at the moment all other words seem inadequate - 'THANK YOU.'
Thank you is just not enough. Bless this hero.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific day Mike. Big hug. :)
Wow! He is amazing!
ReplyDeleteKloggers/Polly,Sandee,and Awake in Rochester,won and Thank You does not even come cloes to what all these guys and ladies do for our country. A lot of us got off cheap,we came home physically whole some mentally not so.
ReplyDeleteBless him.
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