The pain that crippled one Marine cripples all of us.

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Adrian Jimenez is on the road to recovery. With the support of his family, his community and his brothers-in-arms, he has made a commitment to heal himself. His story ends on a hopeful note—reading about his plans for the future, we can’t help but sense that hope.

When he begins to open up again, he will probably feel a lot of pain. If he can push through it, with a little luck, someday he’ll be able to face the world and experience its joys and its tragedies. That’s a hard path, and it’s one we all, in our own way, need to walk.