Fifteen years ago, Johnny Joey Jones stepped on an IED in Afghanistan, a moment that cost him both legs and claimed the life of a fellow Marine.
The Fox News contributor marks every August 6 not with sorrow, but with purpose. It’s his Alive Day, the day he nearly d**d, but didn’t. “We celebrate it like a birthday every year,” Jones, now 38, says. “Be thankful for that and go do great things.”
A Day That Redefined His Life
On August 6, 2010, then-24-year-old Marine Staff Sergeant Jones was clearing the streets of Safar Bazaar, Afghanistan. His two-man bomb disposal team had already uncovered more than 30 IEDs in just five days. The Taliban had seeded the area with expl*sives in hopes of inflicting lasting damage, long after they’d retreated.