Lessons Learned From Almost Dying

Three life takeaways from the day the grim reaper came knocking

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Afghanistan, December 10, 2003, seven months into combat operations

The blood pooled into small, concentric circles to the left of the child. Normally, I would have found his wheezing annoying, but I could only watch as he gasped for breath. Like a gargoyle frozen in time, I…