‘Crying ain’t gonna grow anything back’: Extraordinary bravery of Marine who lost three limbs in blast… and then walked down the aisle
‘Crying ain’t gonna grow anything back’: Extraordinary bravery of Marine who lost three limbs in blast… and then walked down the aisle
Tyler Southern, 22, is perpetually positive.
‘I’m chronically happy,’ he said. ‘It’s kinda hard to get me off the happy horse.’
Mr Southern’s optimism continues in spite of the massive injuries he received while serving as a lance corporal Marine in Afghanistan.
A triple: That’s the way Tyler Southern refers to triple amputees like himself, after he lost both his legs and right arm from an IED explosion
Both of his legs and his right arm were blown off by an improvised explosive device, making Mr Southern a triple amputee.
‘I didn’t feel that me crying about it would help the situation at all and I know it won’t. Crying ain’t gonna grow anything back,’ he said in an interview with The Huffington Post.
