Your Choices Change Lives | Cpl. Todd Nicely (ep. 508)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Six months into his second deployment, Corporal Todd Nicely of the United States Marine Corps stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) during a routine security patrol. The squad leader is one of only two modern day veterans that have endured battlefield injuries resulting in the loss of all four limbs and survived.

Immediately after enduring the horrific blast and suffering massive injuries, his first two thoughts were of others: getting back to his wife and not frightening the young Marines he was responsible for.

Today, Todd works to help and motivate other fellow disabled veterans through their life struggles and hardships.

My friends, this conversation is undeniably painful. Yet it’s also a story of redemption and finding purpose from a hero with a resilient spirit, infectious enthusiasm, positive outlook, and a strength of mind and character that is second to none.

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0:00.0	Keeley Companies was started almost 50 years ago by the one and only Larry Kuley.
0:05.5	What started as a small family-owned paving company in St. Louis has grown to a nationally known
0:11.2	full-service construction, development, and restoration partner. Larry the legend, as he is
0:16.8	affectionately known, has been a part of this growth every step of the way and continues to provide
0:22.8	guidance as his son Rusty my buddy drives their vision and achieves results on purpose his unwavering
0:30.3	foundation of a family culture with a focus on people has gotten keely companies to where they are
0:36.2	today and their journey is truly just
0:39.1	beginning to learn more about Larry the legend and Keely Companies, check them out at
0:44.3	keely Companies.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one
0:52.9	national bestselling author of the book On Fire.
0:56.0	He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the live-inspired podcast.
1:01.1	John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from
1:06.6	accidental living and more fully live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. Well, hello, my
1:14.2	friends, and welcome to the live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary. Today, and I say this a lot,
1:22.4	but I've never been more sincere in what I'm about to say than I am right now, you are in for a treat. You are about
1:30.5	to meet a truly remarkable world-class human being and hero. Todd Nicely has a remarkable,
1:40.6	a remarkable, a tragic, and an ultimately redemptive story of surviving the unsurvivable.
1:47.7	You'll hear much more about his life story.
1:50.5	Here shortly, you're going to hear about his desire to humbly serve from the front.
1:55.5	You're going to hear about his two deployments overseas with the United States Marine Corps.
2:00.2	You're going to hear about what happened to the then 26-year-old squad leader
2:03.7	when he stepped onto an improvised explosive device and IED
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