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Good day tomorrow, that was benji's affect throughout this entire process. he is one of the most resilient individuals i have ever met. >> on the day this happened i was sitting on the grounds i had no leg. i could not reach anyone, phones were not working one thing i thought, that was i have to go home. whenever it takes i'm going back to see the famlize. thfamily, what is what every has been about, that is today. >> hello. >> good to see you walking. >> remember, texting benji with a, hey brother, i'm going to miss you. you are ultimate human return on investment. >> see you ♪ ♪

Awful. i didn't know what my legs were like, i was in a bad place. it was 3 :00 in the morning when the doctor and i met benji to the flight. he said, we got a plan for you, down worry. >> we understand that this was blast injury in the face of that mortar attack in a very dirty environment. >> prepare to lift. >> lift. >> you good. from then oit moved quickly, the operation happened straight away. >> high he was the still critical, 17% burn, already hadda. amputation on his right leg. >> middle aspect of his foot was flown apart, his l

But anna ran out and grabbed me, would not let go. and iris as well, sat down and just held them, held on to them. iris was a little bit more cautious, i was worried hig she held on to alicia for a while, she just slowly bit by bit she came a bit closer, and relized it was me, that i was really back. >> him coming home in a way file like nothing has changed even though everyone has changed, i think that and you know credit to him. credit to kids, they took it in stride, they are not bothered by anything, they are so proud of daddy's robot leg. it is a different way of life. >> every day since ...

Figure in many ways, he was there. every minute of every day that i was injured. i could not have gotten through it without him, jacques was behind me the times that i fell. out of nowhere hands were there to grab me, lift me up. jacques was there when i cried. told me it would be okay. >> ben had goals to do a lot go back to work. we had to start withstanding up, walking and getting stronger. >> first day i got a leg, i took one or two steps on it. loved it. every day was about doing more. just getting better. >> it feels like a corner has been turned i reached a point that to be honest. at s...

Too painful for him. >> we make it to the hospital. >> i linked up with orthopedic surgeon who was running the show for ben. he spoke perfect english, trained in the u.k. >> benjamin was brought to us from another hospital, he has got amputated his right leg. and there were signs of compartment syndrome on his left leg. there was a great risk of air attack on the hospital. >> he was in the the operating room, he would go out and patrol the perimeter. >> almost every night, i had a duty with a weapon, but when the patients were, i did my work. i did surgery. >> i had reached back out to jennife...