365 days after blindness, sailor swims for gold (Photo: Christopher Lee / Getty Images) For one final, terrifying moment, Navy Lt. Brad Snyder could see. In fact, the last thing he ever viewed — one year ago today — was his two intact arms and his two attached legs. After stepping on a hidden bomb in an Afghan farm field then feeling the raw heat of the blast burn his face and hurl him backward, Snyder’s first instinct was to look down and inventory his body parts. Read the complete story.
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365 days after blindness, sailor swims for gold

(Photo: Christopher Lee / Getty Images)

For one final, terrifying moment, Navy Lt. Brad Snyder could see.

In fact, the last thing he ever viewed — one year ago today — was his two intact arms and his two attached legs. After stepping on a hidden bomb in an Afghan farm field then feeling the raw heat of the blast burn his face and hurl him backward, Snyder’s first instinct was to look down and inventory his body parts.

Read the complete story.

Source: nbcnews.to

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