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We knew we were going to have a baby and so we were just trying to calculate like when, hopefully hell be back right before i deliver. >> reporter: but four months into the deployment joes team responded to a quadruple ied blast which left a marine injured. after carrying that marine to safety joe stepped on a fifth undetected bomb. >> ears ringing, you know, you get hit by a freight train, and then pretty much i woke up in the blast hole and it was, you know, a cloud of dust and all i could see...

The blast hole and it was, you know, a cloud of dust and all i could see was red and white. >> reporter: he lost both of his legs and most of his left arm, but never stopped working. >> despite near mortal injuries, he continued to pass information that was vital to the mission. he helped in the extraction of two marines. >> reporter: lisa was back home teaching a class of second graders when she was told of the explosion. >> i wasnt certain that he was out of the woods, but he wasnt dead yet. s...

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