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ferriter essay r a h r u d d e r

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it would generate 2000
with your. Memory

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they were based I remember I am
one of them being shorter than

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me and she would push the footlocker
up to me and jump up on

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top in order to look down
others to yell at. Them

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you tell us how you can and we're
here in your experience on

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september eleventh

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I am originally I had a small fracture
in the camp it when it

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heals an eye was transferred to
headquarters marine corps on

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september eleventh 2001 I was being
promoted after my promotion

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the pentagon was hit we ran to the
pentagon to aid i'm is much

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as we could and we were helping
with survivors those that had

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lacerations were transported to our
our based jam at headquarters

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marine corps and those with more
serious conditions were put

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on separate types and transported
to the local hospitals the

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second day I am the fire was out and
we were to enter the pentagon

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and we replying on survivors upon poignant
on survivor I re fractured

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my ankle and it can start to spread
my leg and then I develop

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nerve damage which began to spread
my legs well i've had five

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lake regions surgeries several
nerve blocks spinal taps and I

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finally decided to amputate
two years. Ago

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what'd you say to the commandant
of winning a gold medal for

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un spoke second research supports
the neverland never even walked

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away with from the victims being
able to congratulate not only

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the u s service members but the
allied country service members

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as well in the united states we have
a summit tremendous support

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system froze through civilian and
active duty and veterans and

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being able to obtain that is inspirational
knowing that we have

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that support system united states
the allied countries do not

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have that support system and being
able to show them that we

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support them and we're here for them
as well is an an experience

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that is. Undescribable

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no excitement a cat I want your
race where you can be spelled

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in I mean you could see the heartbreak
on your face but you got

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back up new hamburg through it in
all of that into the warrior

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games in like the marines are a
force to be reckoned with but

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is about being a marine and makes the
edges such fears the predators

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that you go like I fell and it
doesn't matter in a hammerless

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it's a still that us to have prior
to hold our head up high in

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a matter what we do as long as
we have pride in ourselves to

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be able to the imam push ourselves
to the limit and complete

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whatever we started on is deftly
instilled in us as a marine

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in your recovery no like you have
like dark moments in like you

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which he did not use the military
to go because I had several

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dark moments I m I was in a wheelchair
cane braces and several

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screws and pins in iran there is
a dark moment when you don't

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think you're gonna be able to get
out of that hands on once I

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had my leg amputated I was able to
look at myself and say I have

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a second chance and I can do this
is it we're having like being

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a cohesive team with emu as here
I like playing alongside your

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navy and army brethren and then
go into the warrior games in

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that mean like you get down and I
think it's a clearly different

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atmosphere i'm coming here were
all brothers and sisters we are

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one branch and we're all here for
the same purpose and that's

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for our country and we go to the
warrior games were representing

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our own branch so we're not looking
at the other team says I

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am we're all here to compete and
earn the same thing we're here

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as i'm here to compete for my branch
iman and bring home some

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metals for the marine corps

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I give you that we are not slow
and again get your mind as they

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all went what's next we're i'm
I definitely like to train for

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the paralympic track team and I am
deathly the seat of volleyball

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team and won a two paralympic team
now and I would love in four

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years time to be able to make that
accomplishment and then my

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my life is if you have somebody who's
waking up here like a field

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hospital in afghanistan and lying
on the verge of losing a language

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what advice would you have remember
i'll let him know that it's

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not over your mourning a loss of
a limb and eventually you will

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get over it you'll get past it
just remained strong and know

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that we're here for you and there
are several other people out

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there that are are there for you
and we support you and we love

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you and I just want you to get up
and just do your best and ann

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show us what you could do
with what you have before

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giving the arguing about now aren't
those amazing they think.