There are other ways to prove you are still alive. Like going camping with your family, or sharing the next sunset or birthday. Just giving great hugs to the loved ones would mean more to them. Why would you inflict more stress on the people who love you and care about your well-being? The loved ones are probably already stressed to the limit. I suppose this is “noble” because they are injured soldiers. I’d rather see them storm the Barrycades in DC with wire cutters. That would be an act of love for your family and your country. Rowing off into the Atlantic in a boat to prove you can live through it, when death is the alternative, is suicidally selfish, family-wise. IMHO.
Cayle Royce
Wish my parents gave me a cool name like that..