Burn Injury Resource Center
From the book “I Will Not Be Broken” by Jerry White
Survivor X was setting into his new work as an aid worker in Rwanda. His team was held hostage and shot by insurgent. He was the only one who survived after losing three of his colleagues. In order to save his life, his leg had to be amputated above the knee. He says that looking at the mirror and seeing himself different from before was one of the hardest things for him. He had to learn to be ok with who he was. He had to face the fact that he lost his leg and take care of the things that needed to be done.
Losing a body part was his worst fear in life as he says and it became true, but it wasn’t so bad. His next worst fear was to learn to walk again and it wasn’t that bad either. He found that life wasn’t that bad and he had the courage to laugh after facing his fears.