Travis Mills: ...how good my life could be as a quadruple amputee

Nobody Told Me!

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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It was a great honor to talk to Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Tough as They Come. In April 2012, Travis was critically injured by an improvised explosive device on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. Travis lost portions of both legs and arms and is one of only five quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries. And while you might think such injuries would break a person, both physically and emotionally, that's not the case with Travis. He continues to amaze his friends and family alike with his progress and amazing spirit.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Jan Black.
0:14.7	And I'm Laura Owens.
0:16.3	And it is a great honor to welcome our guest on this episode,
0:20.1	retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Tough as They Come.
0:28.4	In April 2012, Travis was critically injured by an improvised explosive device on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan.
0:36.8	Travis lost portions of both legs and both arms and is one of only five quadruple
0:41.5	amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries.
0:45.7	And while you might think such injuries would break a person, both physically and emotionally,
0:49.9	that's not the case with Travis.
0:51.6	He continues to amaze his friends and family alike with his progress and his amazing spirit.
0:56.0	And it is such an honor to welcome you to our show, Travis.
0:58.3	Thank you for joining us today.
1:00.0	Oh, I am so tickled pink to be here.
1:02.6	Thanks for having me.
1:03.6	I was very excited that you guys, let me partake in this awesome, awesome show.
1:08.4	Well, it really is an honor for us.
1:09.9	We'd love to know more about what exactly happened to you.
1:13.2	After high school, I was doing some college, and then I was like, this isn't for me.
1:17.0	And I went and talked to the military recruiters, and I thought, wow, this is awesome.
1:20.7	They took the deal with the Army.
1:22.1	And through the military, I found my wife.
1:24.1	I had my daughter.
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