[cripplecreek]

He should do fine, all of the amputations were past the last joint but he wanted to be a Marine and was scheduled to start basic that year.

Blessing in disguise maybe. He could have been hurt a whole lot worse in the Marines. A high school friend of mine was killed while working on a tank in Germany back in the 80s.

[dangerdoc]

I felt for the kid. The one thing about Marines, you don’t do it for the pay, you do it because you really want to be a Marine. You are right, the accident may have saved his life, but he might spend the rest of his life second guessing.

On the other hand, he had one safety hazard clearly marked in front of him and couldn’t get through his first day without putting both hands into it, should he really be handling weapon systems?