{"id":950193,"date":"2021-11-01T15:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950193"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:14:24","slug":"fight-continues-for-marine-who-lost-limbs-in-kabul-attack-hes-as-tough-as-they-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fight-continues-for-marine-who-lost-limbs-in-kabul-attack-hes-as-tough-as-they-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight Continues for Marine Who Lost Limbs in Kabul Attack: &#039;He&#039;s as Tough as They Come&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffight-continues-for-marine-who-lost-limbs-in-kabul-attack-hes-as-tough-as-they-come%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/244531790_303962568210111_3147419764162918194_n-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">There was a feeling of danger at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26 when 16 hours prior, the U.S. Embassy warned American citizens to avoid the area, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/fight-marine-lost-limbs-kabul-suicide-attack\/story?id=80714077\">reported<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>However, Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews used downtime from his sniper team\u2019s overwatch position at the airport to help Afghans inside to safety, and later evacuation from the country taken over by Taliban terrorists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"allCNXContent\" readability=\"43.224181360202\">\n<p>A fellow servicemember and friend of Vargas-Andrews was going toward Abbey Gate, on the southeast part of the airport, to meet him when a terrorist detonated his suicide vest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/28\/pentagon-releases-names-of-the-13-service-members-killed-in-kabul-attack\/\">killing<\/a> 13 U.S. troops and almost 170 Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt knocked me to the ground,\u201d the friend, who asked not to be identified, told the outlet. \u201cI got up and turned around, and then I see the plume of smoke behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the gate, he saw a Marine engulfed in flames being shoved on the ground and rolled over. He noticed another coming toward him, covered in blood and calling out for a corpsman. Later, among the casualties he spotted Vargas-Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis friend was alive,\u201d the ABC report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>Though he survived, Vargas-Andrews lost his entire left leg and his right arm just above the elbow. He was first moved to Germany for treatment, and later to the esteemed Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he continues to receive \u201cemergency medical care,\u201d according to the family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 23-year-old Marine issued a public statement on social media a few weeks ago, along with a picture from his hospital chair.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet me start by saying that these past almost 2 months have indeed been hard. I have been trying to figure out what I want to say and how to say it. The outpouring of support from friends, family, organizations, and even just complete strangers has been unreal. I won\u2019t ever be able to thank everyone enough, but still, thank you,\u201d Vargas-Andrews said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/warfighteroverwatch\/posts\/303962791543422\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"26.03125\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/104659401473763\/posts\/303962791543422\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"8.421875\">\n<p>\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfb824 HOUR FLASH AUCTION\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\udfb8 To Benefit USMC Sgt. Tyler Andrews! We have SIX tickets available to the Thursday, October\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/104659401473763\">Warfighter Overwatch<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/104659401473763\/posts\/303962791543422\/\">Tuesday, October 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hate the way I look right now and I\u2019m working mentally on coming to terms with loss of my right arm and my left leg,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Video taken at a gym in Saudi Arabia weeks before the bombing showed Vargas-Andrews deadlifting 530 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaying in bed for almost 2 months has caused me to lose everything I had worked for physically,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Folsom Marine Speaks Out For First Time Since Kabul Explosion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/adzA-a2qKpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>He has endured 29 surgeries&nbsp;\u201cwith numerous more ahead,\u201d a family statement given to ABC News explained, adding,&nbsp;\u201cHis recovery efforts include extensive physical therapy and will take many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will receive help throughout his long recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s as tough as they come,\u201d Faun O\u2019Neel, who heads the military and first responder support group called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/warfighteroverwatch\/?ref=page_internal\">Warfighter Overwatch<\/a>, along with her husband, Danny, said.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit group has raised over $25,000 to support Tyler and his loved ones, according to O\u2019Neel.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a GoFundMe page for his family has so far&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/the-sergeant-tyler-family-fund?pc=tw_social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=bcgfm_tw_fund_kabul-thread\">raised<\/a> $365,213 of its $400,000 goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a feeling of danger at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26 when 16 hours prior, the U.S. Embassy warned American citizens to avoid the area, ABC &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}