Marine veteran Joe Dan Worley's purposeful life
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We first met Joe Dan Worley 20 years ago, along with his mother, wife Angel, and a three-month-old daughter, at Walter Reed Hospital outside Washington. "The Ballad of JoeDan" by 5 foot 3, available on Amazon Music, Apple and Spotify
A medic rushing to the aid of wounded Marines in Iraq, Worley was hit by a roadside bomb – his left leg blown off, his right riddled with bullets. "When I hit the ground, I was purely convinced that my entire body was just ravaged, I mean, that I was dead," he said.
His mother said, "Our life is just turned upside-down."
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