For many people, losing a leg would be one of the most disheartening experiences of their life. For Army specialist Ezra Maes, the loss of his limb paled in comparison to the satisfaction he felt after saving his fellow soldiers from a potentially deadly training accident.
“We’re just so lucky to come out of that the way we did,” Maes said in a Department of Defense interview at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, where he is currently in rehabilitation. “We’re just grateful now, for every single day that we’ve got.”
