Day by day, Marine battles adversity

Day by day, Marine battles adversity

By Sarah Bultema
Loveland Reporter-Herald
Chris Hahn, a Marine, lost his leg a few years ago while serving in Iraq.

Now, back in Loveland, the veteran’s lost his job because of complications from the amputation.

But through it all, he’s kept his faith that life always works out the way it’s supposed to.

“Like I said when I lost my leg, I think everything happens for a reason,” Hahn said from his Loveland home.

What’s left of his left leg, which was amputated just below the knee, was propped up on a couch pillow.

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Hahn, a Thompson Valley graduate and Marine, served two months in Hit, Iraq, until he was injured the night of Jan. 30, 2006.

Hahn's foot was crushed when the troop carrier he was riding atop as a gunner went off a ravine and flipped on top of him.

"That was the only time I thought I was going to die," he said. "The truck rolled on top of me. It looked like it was going to roll one more time. It rocked toward me, and then it rocked back. I pulled my leg out and crawled back. I was torn up pretty bad. They gave me four shots of morphine."