09 April 2014

Marine's inner struggle is the fight of his life | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Marine's inner struggle is the fight of his life

Image Copyright: Bobby J. Yarbrough/U.S. Marines

By Thomas Brennan
Copyright: The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.

It was a sensation that Marine Staff Sgt. Javier Jimenez could physically feel: the weight of life was literally crushing him.

“You start running out of air, the room starts getting smaller around you and your heart starts pounding,” Jimenez said, describing the “horrible” feeling that overwhelmed him. “You’re more hopeless than you have ever been before. You start worrying about the next day, wondering if you are going to make it there because all you want to do is die.”

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