Not expected to live, his buddy carried him to safety

When all the political chatter about the worth of a war this is what it all comes down to. "Not expected to live, his buddy carried him to safety, frantically trying to control the bleeding." They risk their lives for each other. Plain, simple and astonishing. Once you understand how much love that requires then maybe you can understand how they can grieve so much.

Ocean City Hair Salon, Studio 6, hosts fundraiser for Maryland Wounded Warrior Lance Cpl. Mark Fidler
For the County Times
Updated August 3, 2013

Mark Fidler is greeted by Prince Henry of Wales, better known as Prince Harry, during his visit to Walter Reed. (Photo/Facebook)

OCEAN CITY — During his first combat mission in Afghanistan, Lance Cpl. Mark Fidler’s life would take an unexpected and tragic turn. While on foot patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan on October 3, 2011, he stepped on an IED (improvised explosive device.) With a belt of live grenades strapped to his waist, the blast was so severe that it blew off both of his legs, and most of the rear of his body.

Not expected to live, his buddy carried him to safety, frantically trying to control the bleeding. When he arrived in the hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, surgeons removed what was left of his legs at the hip, using the tissue and muscle to repair what was left of his backside.

Following a lengthy in-patient stay at Walter Reed National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, he is now rehabilitating at their out-patient facility known as Building 62.
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