9/11 attacks was devastating not only for USA , but for whole world. World would not be same again.There was sadness everywhere. People were ready to change to combat terrorism.
2 days after 9/11 attack, Tomas Young,a patriot enlisted in army to combat terrorism. He was just 22.
On April 4, 2004, five days after being sent to Iraq, Young was shot while riding in an open, unarmored truck during an ambush staged by rebels in Sadr City. One of the bullets pierced his spine and left him paralyzed from the chest down.
He returned home to Kansas City, Missouri and joined the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). He later became a public critic of the Iraq War.
In 2007, a documentary called Body Of war was released, which showed us about life of Tomas Young as a war veteran and anti-war activist. It received a lot of accolades.
In 2008, however, Young took a turn for the worst with a pulmonary embolism and an anoxic brain injury that impaired his speech and expanded his paralysis to his arms. He's since undergone numerous painful surgeries, including the removal of his colon, to deal with emerging medical problems.
In February 2013, he decided not to take supplement anymore that were keeping him alive. That same year he released a video called "The Last Letter"
In 2014, he lost his life. He had a wife and mother.
I am telling you this story, because of negligence we show towards veteran. Not only they have to suffer PTSD, but they do not have enough money to pay for their medical bills. On top of that, people call them bad names. We need to be responsible for men and women who fight for us. They take care of us during war, we should take care of them after war.
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