On July 22, 2010, Rob Jones was a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. While on patrol, Jones stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED). It blew off his legs and sent him flying. When medical help arrived, Jones begged the attending doctor to kill him because he feared he would be permanently wheelchair-bound and unable to care for himself again.
The attending doctor obviously did not follow Jones’s request. And, ultimately, Jones’s worst fear did not occur.
