JJ Chalmers told of his special tribute to his close friends who died in the explosion which happened as they served with him in the Royal Marines
A BBC star admits “he should be in a box in the ground” after he was blown up by the Taliban whilst serving in Afghanistan. JJ Chalmers needed 30 operations after the explosion, which left him in a coma and tragically claimed the lives of his two fellow Royal Marines.
That life-changing blast tore JJ’s body to bits. He broke his neck, lost two fingers and even had to have his arm temporarily ‘sewn’ onto his body. “I remember just screaming to try and get the pain out of my body…but none of that did anything.” It left him fighting for his life, with medics placing him in an induced coma as they worked to rebuild his broke frame which included holes in his legs, a shattered elbow and a crushed eye socket.
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