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 died, 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 explosives in hopes of inflicting lasting damage, long after they’d retreated.
