Iowa's Taylor Morris and Danielle Kelly On Life After the Bomb Blast: It Took His Limbs But Not His Spirit
When Taylor Morris, an explosives-detection and disposal expert with the U.S. Navy, stepped on a bomb in Afghanistan on May 3, his world changed forever.
Editor's Note: This story originated from our Cedar Falls Patch. We're running it here because, well, read it and be inspired. Cedar Falls, IA - Taylor Morris remembers the moment he no longer had legs or arms. He remembers the explosion. He remembers flying and flipping through the air. He remembers landing, and realizing, with horrible certainty, that his limbs were gone. He could hear his team yelling his name. He remembers the pain. The 23-year-old Navy petty officer had been using a metal detector to clear a path for his Army Special Forces team in Afghanistan on May 3, when he stepped on an IED, an improvised explosives device. In the blast, Morris lost both legs at the knee, his left arm at the elbow and his right hand. More than 2.…
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Beth Dalbey
9:50 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Thanks for this story of sacrifice, loss and recovery – at the same time heartbreaking and hopeful. Beautifully told, Ali. more ›