Written By: Special Report Fox News Fox News was given exclusive access to video showing the massive effort to save the life of an American
On August 16, 2019, in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Ryan Davis triggered an explosion while his team was conducting a raid. It was three hours before the medivac came to take him to the closest hospital. Due to the blast of the explosion, Davis underwent 28 life-saving surgeries, leaving him as a triple amputee, losing his right arm above the elbow, right leg above the knee, and left leg below the knee.
“I think I was born with a bit of gratitude for my country and the men who had served before me. The lifestyle of a warrior has always been a calling of mine.”
Ryan Davis stares out from under his baseball cap in midtown Savannah’s Hull Park one recent September morning. He answers questions about the night he nearly died: The explosion and torn limbs, the failed helicopter attempts to rescue him, his bleeding and suffocation.
A 33-year-old active duty man conducting combat operations in Afghanistan sustained a right-sided complex blast injury. The injury pattern included: massive soft tissue injury from right costal margin to right knee.
