Episode 790: We Can Handle Life Together with JP Lane

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Inspirational Speaker,
Performer and Purple Heart Recipient, J.P. Lane. J.P. joined the
Army at the age of 20, In 2008. He joined the U.S. Army as a
Combat Engineer and was deployed, in 2010, to Afghanistan to
search for IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device). He was blown up 3
separate times, and the 3rd one got him causing severe injury
that almost took his life. July 2nd, 2011, J.P. was blown up by a
200lb IED while on mission, it was the first IED to penetrate an
RG31 truck.


The blast resulted in putting J.P. in a coma for 6 weeks. He lost
both my legs, his right arm snapped in half, he lost his four
front teeth, his pelvis snapped in half, spine dislocated from
his pelvis, and everything in his torso was destroyed by shrapnel
except for his heart and left lung. In total, J.P. received 26
injuries, and had 28 surgeries, this completely changed his life.
Doctors said he wasn’t going to be able to do many things, like,
use prosthetics because his legs were so badly damaged.


Today, J.P. gets deep into sharing his story starting from what
inspired him to join the Army, the loss of his friend Justin
while on mission and how that impacted his view on life, the day
of his incident that led to his tragic injuries, his battle with
recovery and his 12 suicide attempts, keeping faith when you're
in the darkness, the book he wrote "Walking Again" and the
support to handle life together.


Find out more about J.P. here:
https://jpsjourney.com/meet-j-p-lane/


Check out J.P.'s book "Walking Again" here:
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Again-Justin-Lane/dp/1943226377


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