Marine's Mom says to not pity her son

Video: Marine’s mom tells Morristown crowd: Don’t pity my Double Amp
Posted by Kevin Coughlin
May 24, 2012

We all gripe about our aches and pains. After hearing a story like Landi Simone’s, they quickly melt away.

Landi is the mother of Adrian Simone, who joined the Marines after graduating from Montville High School in 2010. He went to Afghanistan young and strong…and came back a “double amp.” That’s double amputee, in military hospital slang.

At a Memorial Day ceremony in Morristown on Wednesday, Adrian’s mom told a powerful story of sacrifice, devotion and love.

Patriotism, ultimately, is not about brass bands and flag-waving. It’s about 19-year-old boys who bravely carry on, after feces-covered roadside bombs blow their legs off. And it’s about the families who help make them whole again, savoring every extra minute that medicine and luck have granted them. If you want to thank Lance Corporal Simone for his service, take 17 minutes from your holiday weekend and watch this video of a grateful mother doing him proud.
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