Marine amputee describes ordeal

Marine amputee describes ordeal
by Kris Wise

This photo of Cpl. Chris Santiago in Afghanistan was first published in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel and is now featured on a Web site set up by his friends. The Marines working in Cpl. Chris Santiago's squad used to wonder whether they might be untouchable.
Two months into their deployment to Iraq, which followed two long tours in Afghanistan and the Mediterranean, the unit had suffered no casualties and no major injuries.

Cpl. Chris Santiago