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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

6: Josh had his leg amputated

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to lose one of your legs? I think just about everyone just takes their legs for granted. We’ve always had them, they get us where we need to go, they just do their job. Until they don’t. My guest on the show today is Josh. He was in the Army and stationed in Iraq, and he worked as a gunner inside an Abrams tank. One day his tank parked over a roadside bomb, and there was an explosion that destroyed the tank, along with Josh’s left foot. Josh told me the whole story, from the moment it happened, to somehow exiting the tank and getting to safety, his multiple surgeries, and his decision to finally just amputate and be done with it. He talked about prosthetics and what it was like to put that on for the first time, and what he is able to do. And Josh also has some advice for other vets and amputees about how he has dealt with this situation. He’s come a long way. Some of the things we discussed: The M1 Abrams tank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams Soldier’s Angels: https://soldiersangels.org/ David Baldacci: https://davidbaldacci.com/ Josh’s email address: [email protected] To see pictures of Josh as well as the destroyed tank, you can follow me on Instagram at https://Instagram.com/whatwasthatlike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

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0:33.0

Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to what was that like. I'm your host Scott Johnson. This is a show

0:49.6

where we talk to regular people, people just like you or just like me, who have found themselves

0:55.4

in an extremely unusual situation.

0:58.9

We'll hear their stories and get inside their head because we all want to know what was that like.

1:05.0

More information about each episode at what was that like.com.

1:10.0

Here we go. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to lose one of your legs?

1:19.0

I think just about everyone just takes their legs for granted.

1:22.0

We've always had them. They get us where we need to go. I just do

1:25.0

do their legs for granted. We've always had them, they get us where we need to go, they just do their job,

1:26.1

until they don't. My guest on the show today is Josh. He was in the Army and

1:32.0

stationed in Iraq and he worked as a gunner inside an Abrams tank.

1:37.0

One day his tank parked over a roadside bomb and there was an explosion that destroyed the tank along with Josh's left foot.

1:47.0

Josh told me the whole story from the moment it happened to somehow exiting the tank and getting to safety, his multiple surgeries, and his decision

1:56.7

to finally just amputate and be done with it. He talked about prosthetics and what it was like to put that on for the first time and what he's able to do with his new leg.

2:07.0

And Josh also has some advice for other vets and amputees about how he's dealt with this situation. He's come a long way, including

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