Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161215:12:53:00
>> it's tough. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel martinez now raising four children on his own, grieving his wife and recovering from his own injuries. photos of happier times with gail in europe while lieutenant colonel martinez held a nato job. >> i later learned that i took most of the shrapnel, because my son took the second air wave, and he got the burn, the flame. i didn't lose consciousness, i was blasted forward, i knew i was bleeding because i felt blood coming from my ears. >> reporter: he instantly feared the worse. >> my first instinct was to look for my children and my wife. i could...